scholarly journals Hungry Horse Dam Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project: Long-Term Habitat Management Plan, Elk and Mule Deer Winter Range Enhancement, Firefighter Mountain and Spotted Bear Winter Ranges.

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Casey ◽  
Patrick Malta
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Management ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Habitat Enhancement

scholarly journals Gunnison Forks wildlife habitat management plan : CO-03 WHA-T2 /

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Ferguson ◽  
Michael J. Blymyer ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Habitat Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Wildlife Habitat

scholarly journals Managing Wildlife Habitat: Complex Interactions With Biotic and Abiotic Disturbances

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc-Antoine F. Leclerc ◽  
Lori D. Daniels ◽  
Allan L. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Disturbance Regimes ◽  
Canopy Fuels ◽  
Partial Harvesting ◽  
Short And Long Term

Sustainable forest management strategies include emulating historical disturbance regimes to achieve multiple objectives. Partial-harvesting strategies are used to overcome conflicts between timber production and wildlife habitat conservation; however, the potential impacts on complex disturbance interactions and ecological functions remain largely unknown. In 1984, a controlled experiment was initiated in the dry forests of central British Columbia, Canada, to test partial harvesting intended to enhance mule deer habitat while allowing timber extraction. To determine the short- and long-term impacts on complex disturbance regimes, we quantified changes in forest structure and susceptibility to western spruce budworm, Douglas-fir beetle, and wildfire. We compared structural attributes in 2014 (30 years after the first harvest) and 2015 (1 year after the second harvest) in treated forests, and contrasted them with control forests that were measured in 2015. In the short term (1 year post-harvest), partial harvesting altered forest structure by reducing total canopy cover, subcanopy tree density and basal area, and increasing the abundance of large woody surface fuels. In the long term (30 years post-harvest), the forest canopy attributes did not differ between the treatment and control areas, partly due to increased growth of subcanopy trees. Harvesting had little impact on forest susceptibility to western spruce budworm. Susceptibility to Douglas-fir beetle was lower in the short term due to fewer available mature host trees, but increased to levels similar to the control forest over the long term. Reduced canopy fuels and increased canopy base height decreased the likelihood of crown fire in favor of surface fire. In the long term, canopy fuels and likelihood of crown fire recovered, but woody fuel loads remained low after 30 years. Harvesting to enhance mule deer habitat interacts with biotic and abiotic disturbances in the short and long term. Potential cascading affects depended more on the decision to remove harvesting residuals to mitigate potential Douglas-fir beetle infestations and wildfire than on time since treatment. Provided partial harvesting occurs at intervals ≤ 30 years and residuals are immediately removed, timber extraction and mule deer habitat can be compatible with complex disturbance regimes and sustainable forest management.

Logging on mule deer winter range: An integrated management approach

1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Armleder ◽  
R. J. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Odocoileus Hemionus ◽  
Wildlife Habitat ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Selection System ◽  
Partial Cutting ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Low Volume

Integrated management is becoming increasingly important to meet public demands for wildlife habitat and forest industry requirements for timber. An example of the integration of timber production with the maintenance of mule deer winter range is presented, taken from the interior of British Columbia. A special selection system featuring low volume partial cutting is described and its implications to forest management discussed. Key words: integrated management, Odocoileus hemionus, mule deer, winter range logging, partial cutting, selection system.

Landscape-level habitat management plan through geometric reserve design for critically endangered Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu)

2021 ◽  
pp. 146031
Author(s):  
Tanoy Mukherjee ◽  
Vandana Sharma ◽  
Lalit Kumar Sharma ◽  
Mukesh Thakur ◽  
Bheem Dutt Joshi ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Habitat Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Reserve Design ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Landscape Level

scholarly journals Adjacency to a harvest trail increases drought resistance of interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) in partially harvested stands in central British Columbia

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 809-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil P. Thompson ◽  
Kathy J. Lewis ◽  
Lisa M. Poirier
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Pseudotsuga Menziesii ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Odocoileus Hemionus ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Ring Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Drought tolerance of trees may be affected by competition, but most studies quantifying the relationship do not consider the effect of stem clustering. Trees are often clustered in interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Mayr) Franco) forests near the grassland interface in central British Columbia due to past harvesting practices or habitat management for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus (Rafinesque, 1817)). Climate change projections indicate continued increases in temperature, an outcome that would stress trees growing in dry environments. Trees placed in different states of competition by mechanical harvesting in the 1970s were sampled to provide a 40-year comparison of three levels of competition during 1–2 year droughts. Tree-ring analysis was used to assess the reduction in growth during drought years and resumption of growth in subsequent years. A clear separation of growth rates was evident between open-growing trees, trees on the edge of harvesting trails, and trees within the unharvested interior. Edge trees had intermediate growth rates but no differences were found in the long-term climate–growth relationship compared with open-growing trees. Both Edge and Open classes showed less relative growth reduction during droughts than Interior trees growing between harvest trails. Precipitation throughfall rates and competition for resources are likely driving short-term drought tolerance in combination with other factors.

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