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Severe Wind And Fire Regimes In Northern Forests: Historic Variability At The Regional Scale, Lisa A. Schulte-Moore, David J. Mladenoff
Severe Wind And Fire Regimes In Northern Forests: Historic Variability At The Regional Scale, Lisa A. Schulte-Moore, David J. Mladenoff
Lisa A. Schulte Moore
Within the northern Great Lakes region, mesoscale (10s to 100s of km2) forest patterning is driven by disturbance dynamics. Using original Public Land Survey (PLS) records in northern Wisconsin, USA, we study spatial patterns of wind and fire disturbances during the pre-Euroamerican settlement period (ca. 1850). Our goals were: (1) to determine how effectively wind and fire disturbance can be econstructed from the PLS, (2) to assess the roles of wind and fire in shaping vegetation patterns, (3) to evaluate landscape to regional controls of wind and fire regimes, and (4) to assess the potential for interactions between these disturbances. …
Pre-Euroamerican Distribution Of Pine Warblers (Dendroica Pinus) In Wisconsin: A Tool For Setting Regional Conservation Priorities, Lisa A. Schulte, Anna M. Pidgeon, David J. Mladenoff
Pre-Euroamerican Distribution Of Pine Warblers (Dendroica Pinus) In Wisconsin: A Tool For Setting Regional Conservation Priorities, Lisa A. Schulte, Anna M. Pidgeon, David J. Mladenoff
Lisa A. Schulte Moore
A common goal of conservation and management plans is to maintain populations of species of conservation concern at some historic level that was a product of environmental conditions at a time when they were less influenced by humans than at present. Conservation planning also includes consideration of the distribution, abundance, and reproductive success of a species, all of which are affected by both the amount and spatial pattern of habitat. In this work, we have fused the fields of spatial and historical ecology to provide a perspective that includes an estimate of a bird species’ distribution just prior to Euroamerican …