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Forestry & Society Wildlife Habitat

Forestry & Society Wildlife Habitat. HORT RGSC 302 J.G. Mexal Spring 2001. Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Rediscovered in Big Woods of AR (Apr/05). Colorized version of version. Singer Tract, LA, 1935. Photo credit: David Allen. Wildlife in the Forest/ Ciencia Forestal. Neotropical Parrots.

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Forestry & Society Wildlife Habitat

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  1. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat HORT RGSC 302 J.G. Mexal Spring 2001

  2. Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Rediscovered in Big Woods of AR (Apr/05) Colorized version of version Singer Tract, LA, 1935. Photo credit: David Allen

  3. Wildlife in the Forest/Ciencia Forestal Neotropical Parrots Monarch Butterfly

  4. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/Guanaco in Chile

  5. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat

  6. Jaguars in the Chiracahuas

  7. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/U.Mass. CES 1993

  8. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat • Concerns: • Big animals • deer, elk, turkey, bear, cougar • thermal cover, hiding cover, food, corridors (forest fragmentation • Little animals • fish, prey (mice, etc), insects • Threatened & Endangered Species • western goshawk, red cockaded woodpecker, spotted owl (Mexican & northern), wolf

  9. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/Elk like clearcuts! Science Findings 22/feb2000 PNW Res. Stn. Elk Body Weight Change (%)- OR

  10. Snags (>20”)/ac Forest Type Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/Harvesting decreases standing deadwood (Science Findings 42:3/02)

  11. Number/tree Red-cockaded Woodpecker Prey Wild. Soc. Bull. 31:131:’02

  12. Biomass (mg/tree) Red-cockaded Woodpecker Prey Wild. Soc. Bull. 31:131:’02

  13. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/Small mammals vs patch size/ SEAFWA Proc. 1997 Individuals captures/100 nights

  14. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/Small mammals vs patch size/ SEAFWA Proc. 1997 • 542 captures (307 individuals) • Peromyscus polionotus (44%) [field mice] • Sigmodon hispidus (36%) [cotton rats] • Peromyscus gossypinus (16%) • Reithrodontomys humilus (2%) • Neotoma floridana (1% [wood rats] • Mus musculus (0.3%)

  15. Soft mast cover (%) Ouachita NF, AR/OK Harvest method Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/clearcuts have food! Wildlife Soc. Bull. 27:915:99

  16. Soft mast production (kg/ha) Ouachita NF, AR/OK C B A Harvest method Wildlife Soc. Bull. 27:915:99 Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/clearcuts have food!

  17. Soft mast production (kg/ha) Ouachita NF, AR/OK Clearcut Group Shelterwood Single-tree Unharvested Pine BA (m2/ha) Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/clearcuts have food! Wildlife Soc. Bull. 27:915:99

  18. muscadine grapes blueberries blackberries wild roses sumac American beautyberry hackberry dogwood plums cherries mulberry pokeberry holly sassafras green briers poison ivy Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/soft mast species Wildlife Soc. Bull. 27:915:99

  19. % of total BA 17% 10% 17% 22% 71%

  20. Forestry & SocietyWildlife Habitat/review questions • Why are forest gaps good for wildlife? • Why are forest gaps bad for wildlife? Pileated woodpecker

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