Use of LiDAR to define habitat thresholds for forest bird conservation [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 577.8 Synecology and population biology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: p. 24-36 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 260367
• Chủ đề: 1. 60 applied life sciences; 2. Forest structure; 3. Habitat thresholds; 4. Lidar; 5. Pine; 6. Red-cockaded woodpecker; 7. Resource selection

Tóm tắt

 Quantifying species-habitat relationships provides guidance for establishment of recovery standards for endangered species, but research on forest bird habitat has been limited by availability of fine-grained forest structure data across broad extents. New tools for collection of data on forest bird response to fine-grained forest structure provide opportunities to evaluate habitat thresholds for forest birds. We used LiDAR-derived estimates of habitat attributes and resource selection to evaluate foraging habitat thresholds for recovery of the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis
  RCW) on the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.