1 / 9

Forest Mast Study for Wildlife Management: Data Collection and Analysis Plan

This study, led by Principal Investigator Carrie Steen and collaborators, focuses on mast processing and its impact on wildlife in forest ecosystems. The research involves plot setups, data collection, and analysis spanning from 1993 to 2002. It includes examining acorn maturity, wildlife damage, soundness, insect damage, and overstory quality. The study aims to enhance wildlife habitat management strategies based on updated data.

ewa
Download Presentation

Forest Mast Study for Wildlife Management: Data Collection and Analysis Plan

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. MOFEP Hardmast Study Principal Investigator – Primary Collaborators – Carrie Steen Larry Vangilder Randy Jensen Steve Sheriff

  2. Study Design 38.5m 7.7m Plot = 20 traps 4 x 5 grid 8.7m 2002 m2 (1/2 acre) 52m 130 plots randomly placed in 4 ELT groups Ridgetops Exposed (S-W) Slopes Protected (N-E) Slopes Other

  3. Mast Processing Species Plot Acorns Maturity M mature I immature U unknown IW imm/wild. value 0 with cap 0 with cap 0 with cap Non-Oak Wildlife Damage Yes (1) No (0) # and wt. by group 1 w/o cap 0 w/o cap 1 with cap 1 with cap 1 with cap 1 w/o husk 0 w/o husk unsound Sub-sample # and wt. # and wt. 1 sound Soundness # insect damage # other damage 2 partial # and wt. by group 0 unsound

  4. Mast Processing

  5. Current Progress • Finished 1993 • Corrected • acorn • data 1993 – 2002 • Updated plot GPS 2002 • Original tables ? √ • Past protocols collated • Overstory QA

  6. Current Progress • Current/In-Progress • Corrected, original non-oak • Acorn ID document • Summarized non-oak • Field truth overstory • Summarized • acorn

  7. Current Progress • Complete overstory corrections • Future • Add summarized, • corrected data to • current dataset • Complete database, • protocol and metadata • Archive uploaded data and • replace with Access file

  8. Integration • MOFEP • Non-MOFEP • Small Mammals • Overstory • Carbon Flux • Deer data • Weather data • Mast index

  9. Study and Budget • Collect mast – begin overstory data • collection • FY10 • CS13 2000 hrs 22,318 • CS8 320 hrs 2,717 • $25,035 • FY11 • CS13 2000 hrs 22,318 • CS8 2000 hrs 16,980 • $39,298 • Overstory data • Collect mast data • Mark -remove plots in treated areas • FY12 • CS13 2000 hrs 22,318 • CS8 2000 hrs 16,980 • $39,298 • Finish overstory data • Continue mast collection on all plots • Collect mast data in control plots • Re-install treated plots • Overstory data • FY13 • $32,506 • CS13 2000 hrs 22,318 • CS8 1200 hrs 10,188 • Continue mast collection - analyses • FY14 • $32,506 • CS13 2000 hrs 22,318 • CS8 1200 hrs 10,188

More Related