Investigations Into The Potential Of Measuring Biodiversity In Maines Forests With Forest Inventory And Analysis Fia Data
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Author | : Thomas G. Allen |
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Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
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We present here the results of our initial effort to use FIA data to assess biodiversity in Maine's forests. Biodiversity is a complex issue and, from the start, it was apparent that the FIA data are inadequate for examining all facets of biodiversity. Nevertheless, the FIA provides the most comprehensive and detailed data on Maine's forests and can be used to measure some indicators of forest biodiversity, in particular those related to tree species and stand characteristics.
Author | : Thomas G. Allen |
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Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
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Author | : Gro Flatebo |
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Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
ISBN | : 9780967370705 |
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Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Forest products |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Forests and forestry |
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Author | : Victor A. Rudis |
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Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
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Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fisher (Mammal) |
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New knowledge from wildlife-habitat relationship models is often difficult to implement in a management context. This can occur because researchers do not always consider whether managers have access to information about environmental covariates that permit the models to be applied. Moreover, ecosystem management requires knowledge about the condition of habitats over large geographic regions, whereas most research projects have limited spatial inference. For example, research has revealed much about the habitat of fishers (Martes pennanti) at various research sites in California, yet this work has not been translated into practical tools that managers can use to monitor fisher habitat regionally, or to evaluate and mitigate the effects of proposed forest management on fisher habitat. This led us to create new habitat models that are intimately linked to agency approaches to forest monitoring and software tools used by forest managers to plan timber harvests and vegetation management. We created habitat models that were integrated with these approaches and tools that forest managers use for two purposes: to inventory forest resources (i.e., Forest Inventory and Analysis [FIA] plots) and to simulate the response of stands to harvest, fire, insects, disease, and other disturbances (i.e., Forest Vegetation Simulator [FVS]). In this paper we provide an example of how to assess and monitor wildlife habitat using FIA vegetation monitoring protocols. We also provide an example of how to integrate an existing FIA-based model of fisher resting habitat into FVS, software that simulates the effect of alternative silvicultural treatments on vegetation data collected from field plots. Using these tools we produce quantitative predictions of the status of resting habitat quality for fishers, and describe how it can be monitored over time. We also provide an example of the effect of vegetation treatments on predicted fisher resting habitat, which illustrates a process that can be used to understand, reduce, or mitigate the effects of these activities on fisher habitat. This work on the fisher provides one example of how habitat assessments for wildlife could be advanced if they were developed with management applicability and implementation success as a goal.
Author | : Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.). Forest Inventory & Analysis |
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Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Forest surveys |
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Author | : Gro Flatebo |
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Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Biodiversity |
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