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ESRM 450Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
FOREST PATTERN
Managing Stands, Landscapes, and Habitat
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Are these forest patterns good or bad wildlife habitat?
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Landforms and climate affect forest patterns
Predictable spatial patterns
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Landforms and climate affect forest patterns
Riparian systems have distinctive landform –
vegetation patterns
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Scale measures or quantifies differences among observations
Extent (or range) describes the realized scope of a phenomenon or entity of interest
Grain (or resolution) describes how finely observations within the extent are divided or distinguished
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Grain varies as a function of natural and human-caused factors
How does grain
affect habitat?
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Forest loss Heterogeneity can be
vs. retained through awareness
fragmentation of landscape features
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Habitat loss and fragmentation patterns
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Edge habitat increases rapidly as fragment size decreases
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Riparian forests have linear features but with variability in habitat configuration
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Channel configuration affects riparian buffers
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Spatial complexity varies as a function of cutting pattern
What are the implications for habitat?
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Patch size in the Cascade Range
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Riparian buffers determine spatial complexity
Willamette NF forest plan
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Northwest Forest Plan riparian reserves
What are the implications for habitat, fire disturbance?
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What kinds of data would you collect to characterize habitat in this landscape?
How do you quantify populations of highly mobile organisms in a patchy landscape?