Hydrogeomorphology Influences Swamp Rabbit Habitat Selection in Bottomland Hardwood Forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Hillard ◽  
Joanne C. Crawford ◽  
Clayton K. Nielsen ◽  
John W. Groninger ◽  
Eric M. Schauber
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests ◽  
Swamp Rabbit

scholarly journals Metapopulation viability of swamp rabbits in southern Illinois: potential impacts of habitat change

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Robinson ◽  
Joanne C. Crawford ◽  
Lyann Corcoran ◽  
Eric M. Schauber ◽  
Clayton K. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Population Viability Analysis ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Southern Illinois ◽  
Viability Analysis ◽  
Potential Habitat ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests ◽  
Swamp Rabbit

Abstract Swamp rabbits ( Sylvilagus aquaticus ) in southern Illinois exist as a metapopulation due to fragmentation of the bottomland hardwood forests in which they live. This fragmentation makes their persistence in Illinois uncertain. We used population viability analysis (PVA) to estimate the probability of persistence of the swamp rabbit metapopulation in Illinois, using a habitat suitability map we created and life history parameters drawn from the literature. We varied the parameters used in our PVA from 50% to 150% of the initial value to compare their effects on extinction risk and to direct future management and research. We tested the effects of potential habitat loss and fragmentation by 1) removing patches individually and in groups from the analysis and by 2) adding 60, 120, and 180 m to the edge of all patches. We also tested the potential effect of dispersal corridors by increasing dispersal between connected patches. Under baseline conditions, the model suggests a 0% chance of quasi-extinction (90% metapopulation decline) of swamp rabbits within 25 (or even 50) years. Changes in fecundity values and the effects of catastrophic flooding had the greatest effect on extinction risk, and changes in no other parameter yielded any appreciable impact. Removing the largest patches from the population increased the 25-year risk of extinction to 4%, whereas any other modifications to the habitat did not change the extinction risk. We suggest that managers focus on sustaining habitat quality, particularly upland habitats adjacent to occupied bottomland hardwood forests to improve the likelihood of swamp rabbit persistence in Illinois.

Relative abundance and species richness of cerambycid beetles in partial cut and uncut bottomland hardwood forests

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 2100-2108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patti Newell ◽  
Sammy King
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Partial Cutting ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests ◽  
Dead Trees ◽  
Total Species Richness ◽  
Cerambycid Beetles

Partial cutting techniques are increasingly advocated and used to create habitat for priority wildlife. However, partial cutting may or may not benefit species dependent on deadwood; harvesting can supplement coarse woody debris in the form of logging slash, but standing dead trees may be targeted for removal. We sampled cerambycid beetles during the spring and summer of 2006 and 2007 with canopy malaise traps in 1- and 2-year-old partial cut and uncut bottomland hardwood forests of Louisiana. We captured a total of 4195 cerambycid beetles representing 65 species. Relative abundance was higher in recent partial cuts than in uncut controls and with more dead trees in a plot. Total species richness and species composition were not different between treatments. The results suggest partial cuts with logging slash left on site increase the abundance of cerambycid beetles in the first few years after partial cutting and that both partial cuts and uncut forest should be included in the bottomland hardwood forest landscape.

The Use of Soil Classes to Delineate Transition Zones in Bottomland Hardwood Forests: The Report of the Soils Workgroup

2020 ◽  
pp. 389-408
Author(s):  
B. Arville Touchet ◽  
Stephen Faulkner ◽  
Robert Heeren ◽  
David Kovacic ◽  
William Patrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Transition Zones ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests

Achieving Restoration Success: Myths in Bottomland Hardwood Forests

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Stanturf ◽  
Stephen H. Schoenholtz ◽  
Callie Jo Schweitzer ◽  
James P. Shepard
Keyword(s):  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests ◽  
Restoration Success

scholarly journals Social networks of Rafinesque's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in bottomland hardwood forests

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 1545-1558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Johnson ◽  
Jessica N. Kropczynski ◽  
Michael J. Lacki ◽  
Garret D. Langlois
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Corynorhinus Rafinesquii ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood Forests
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