measuring ecological integrity across jurisdictions and...
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Measuring EcologicalIntegrity Across
Jurisdictions and Scale
Jimmy Kagan
OSU | PSU | UO
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PCAST highlighted the need
to “coordinate cross-scale and
cross agency collaboration in
monitoring” for biodiversity.
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To aid managers in describing ecosystems
when conducting Forest Land Management
Plan revisions and to provide a basis for
monitoring ecosystem integrity and the
diversity of plant and animal communities.
Forest planning rule
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What is the simplest combination of measures that
reveal the current condition of biodiversity and can
demonstrate positive or negative change over time?
Defenders of Wildlife
The challenge:
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• Uses, enhances existing data
• Multiple spatial, temporal scales
• Repeatable, updatable, feasible, transparent
• Incorporates data from variety of sources
Defenders of Wildlife
Characteristics / design criteria
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Nature recreation ecotourism
Sufficient clean water
Harvested resources (e.g.
game, timber, mushrooms)
Pollination
Community engagement
Source: Collaboration involving Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, NatureServe, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, and New Nature of Business.
Vascular plant species status
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Type and intensity of
threats
Vertebrates species status
Representative species
Landscape features
Habitat characteristics
At-risk speciesNature’s benefits
Keystone species
Unique native species
Land management status
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Relative rarity
Ecological Integrity Measures (by area)
Size
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Landscape context
Non-native species
Fires and clearcutsFragmentation
Human development
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Human Modification Nationwide
Theobald. 2013. Landscape Ecology.
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Landscape Permeability Nationwide
Theobald et al. 2012. Conservation Letters.
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Landscape Context: Connectivity, surrounding land use, patch size, and stressors
Comer, P. J. & J. Hak. 2014. Landscape Condition in the Conterminous United States. Spatial Model Summary. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
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Wetlands Landscape Integrity at Finer Scales
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Nature recreation ecotourism
Sufficient clean water
Harvested resources (e.g.
game, timber, mushrooms)
Pollination
Community engagement
Source: Collaboration involving Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, NatureServe, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, and New Nature of Business.
Vascular plant species status
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Type and intensity of
threats
Vertebrates species status
Representative species
Landscape features
Habitat characteristics
At-risk speciesNature’s benefits
Keystone species
Unique native species
Land management status
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Relative rarity
Ecological Integrity Measures (by area)
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Forest structure
Tree cover
Down wood
Snags
Size of trees
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Gradient Nearest Neighbor Structure Maps
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Forest Canopy Cover
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Tree Diameter
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Nature recreation ecotourism
Sufficient clean water
Harvested resources (e.g.
game, timber, mushrooms)
Pollination
Community engagement
Source: Collaboration involving Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, NatureServe, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, and New Nature of Business.
Vascular plant species status
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Type and intensity of
threats
Vertebrates species status
Representative species
Landscape features
Habitat characteristics
At-risk speciesNature’s benefits
Keystone species
Unique native species
Land management status
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Relative rarity
Ecological Integrity Measures (by area)
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Fire
Vegetation departure
Fire Risk
% Stand replacement fires
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Nature recreation ecotourism
Sufficient clean water
Harvested resources (e.g.
game, timber, mushrooms)
Pollination
Community engagement
Source: Collaboration involving Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, NatureServe, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, and New Nature of Business.
Vascular plant species status
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Type and intensity of
threats
Vertebrates species status
Representative species
Landscape features
Habitat characteristics
At-risk speciesNature’s benefits
Keystone species
Unique native species
Land management status
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Relative rarity
Ecological Integrity Measures (by area)
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Vascular plant species status
Vertebrates species status
Keystone species
Unique native species
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Animal distribution presence or absence
Amount of good habitat
Plant distribution presence or absence
Amount of good habitat
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Presence or Absence Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa)
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Nature recreation ecotourism
Sufficient clean water
Harvested resources (e.g.
game, timber, mushrooms)
Pollination
Community engagement
Source: Collaboration involving Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, NatureServe, Defenders of Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey, and New Nature of Business.
Vascular plant species status
Size
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Type and intensity of
threats
Vertebrates species status
Representative species
Landscape features
Habitat characteristics
At-risk speciesNature’s benefits
Keystone species
Unique native species
Land management status
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Relative rarity
Ecological Integrity Measures (by area)
Population size and vulnerability
Support systems (pollinators, prey, etc.)
Type and intensity of
threats
Relative rarity
Annual variance in population size
Population size
Threat immanence
Adjacent threats
Habitat quality
Fragmentation
Landscape, stream
connectivity and permeability
Condition and vulnerability
(riparian or forest structure, water chemistry, cover)
Key processes (fire, hydrology, flood,
nutrients)
Biotic composition (native, invasive,
noxious)
Landscape context
Type and importance
Vascular plant species status
Vertebrates species status
Keystone species
Unique native species
Large concentrations
(migrations, flyway stopovers)
Size
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Why Do We Need This?
How Do We Use This Information?
• Inform state-and-transition models used to
evaluate alternatives in various plans,
• Develop information needed to evaluate
impacts of climate change,
• Help identify restoration priorities,
• To measure biodiversity related ecosystem
services and to evaluate change over time.
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• Assign agency staff to integration efforts
• Create a climate where success requires interaction
• Offer incentives for cross-jurisdictional management
How Does It Get Done?
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Defenders of Wildlife
Prioritize integration, enhancement of
critical baseline data
• Human footprint (roads, power lines),
• Aquatic features (rivers, streams),
• Species (observational data, focal, invasive),
• Soils,
• Vegetation plots across agencies.
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Allocate funding for data integration
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Establish consistent protocols and standards
for data collection, integration and analysis
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• Funding
• Tech support – repository for data – photo points
• Training
Support citizen science programs
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Questions?Comments?
Jimmy Kagan, INR, [email protected] or [email protected] office, 503-869-7080 mobile