Using forest structural diversity to inventory habitat diversity of forest-dwelling wildlife in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorMcCleary, K.en
dc.contributor.authorMowat, G.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Kootenay regionen
dc.coverage.spatialBritish Columbiaen
dc.coverage.temporal1997 - 1998en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:51Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:51Zen
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.description.abstractForest planners in British Columbia are being asked to consider wildlife species diversity in forest development plans. However, forest ecosystem inventories currently used in the province only document forest composition (Vegetation Resources Inventory) or identify plant communities (Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping) and are therefore inappropriate or inadequate as tools for land management planning. To obtain information about a forested site's potential to support wildlife species diversity, a methodof using forest structure was developed to identify and evaluate habitat quality for multiple species of vertebrates. Six classes of forest structure important as wildlife habitats were delineated on aerial photographs. Five structural attributes of forest stands-vertical structure (canopy complexity), horizontal structure (forest patchiness), coarse woody debris density, litter and duff layer depth, and tree size-were measured in three study areas in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. In these areas, abundance of structural features between structural classes was compared to determine whether the classes were unique. Results showed that old forests were more structurally complex than younger forests, and forested and riparian sites were more structurally complex than non-forested and upland sites. To allow stand comparison, this data was then used to index structural diversity within a study area. Biologists and land managers can use this method to guide the conservation of forest-dwelling wildlife species.en
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dc.identifier1540en
dc.identifier.citationBC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 2(2): 1-13en
dc.identifier.issn1488-4666en
dc.identifier.other1540_Using_forest_structural_diversity_to_inv.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66395en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherKamloops, BC: FORREX-Forest Research Extension Partnershipen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS13/vol2_no2_art1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2002 FORREX Forest Research Extension Partnershipen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectTemperate zonesen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectForest ecosystemsen
dc.subjectSustainable forestryen
dc.subjectForestryen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleUsing forest structural diversity to inventory habitat diversity of forest-dwelling wildlife in the West Kootenay region of British Columbiaen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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