Our Projects
- US Forest Service Research Map Series
- U.S. Virgin Islands Terrestrial Gap
- Sportfish Gap
- Puerto Rico Terrestrial Gap
- Puerto Rico Breeding Bird Atlas
- Lidar remote sensing of habitat structure
- Lichen Biodiversity in Puerto Rico
- Integrated Gap Analysis Project
- Ecological management units
- Developing a Fire Danger Rating System
Welcome to The Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project
This website contains information on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands’ biodiversity, land cover and aquatic habitats, animal species occurrences, modeled distributions, natural history information, and areas protected for the conservation of natural resources. The information comes from a number of related projects that began with the Puerto Rico Terrestrial Gap Analysis Project. All have been developed through research at the USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry. The motto of the national GAP program is “Keeping common species common” and we hope this site serves as a resource for those interested in assessing and protecting the biodiversity of the region.
Recents Blogs
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New publication: The IITF 2011 Accomplishment Report
The International Institute of Tropical Forestry is a tropical forestry research and technology transfer institute and home to the Puerto... -
US Forest Service Research Map Series (RMAP)
We are in the process of getting all of the geospatial and other data sets we have produced available for... -
Working hard to develop content
We are still working on the “final” development stages of the PRGAP web site. “Final” in quotations because we know...