The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu15906706994136842021-08-03T07:15:11Z The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats Stoneberg, Kelsey N. Biology Land Management Edges Bats Small Mammals Prescribed Fires Oak Openings Acoustic Monitoring Tracking Tubes Live Trapping The distribution, abundance, and movement of mammals can be heavily influenced by the configuration of the landscape, including boundary effects. Management practices are commonly used by park managers to restore and conserve certain natural habitats (e.g., prairies, savannas), and may produce distinct edges. The challenge is that there can be unintended detrimental consequences to the organisms that depend on these managed habitats and the adjacent areas. Research on the effects of management usually focuses on vegetation or a specific focal species of management, but this research focused on the effects of management on native terrestrial mammals that are not usually the target species for early successional habitat management. My research focused on surveying nonvolant small mammals and bats at the managed and unmanaged level, site level, and landscape level and evaluating the effects of these managed edges on native mammals. I used tracking tubes to survey small mammals and stationary acoustic monitors to survey bats. I focused on prescribed burning as the main form of management for this project since prescribed burns produced the most distinct boundaries compared to herbicide and mechanical vegetation removal. My study took place in the Oak Openings Preserve in northwestern Ohio. My goal was to investigate how prescribed burning impacted wildlife, what structures and characteristics were the most important for organisms, and which could be maintained or created by burning. The results provide guidelines to help managers reach their goals of creating and maintaining viable natural remnants for native biodiversity. My results suggested that both groups of mammals value open areas and certain vegetation characteristics such as sapling and crypto-biotic crust that result from the prescribed burns. My study emphasizes the importance of having an unburned area adjacent to a burned area to allow for dispersal and resource availability, and the importance of studying a variety of organisms for management research. Most importantly, my research suggests that habitat heterogeneity should be the main goal for management. 2020-08-12 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1590670699413684 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1590670699413684 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Biology Land Management Edges Bats Small Mammals Prescribed Fires Oak Openings Acoustic Monitoring Tracking Tubes Live Trapping Stoneberg, Kelsey N. The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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Stoneberg, Kelsey N. |
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Stoneberg, Kelsey N. |
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Stoneberg, Kelsey N. |
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The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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The Effects of Land Management Edges on the Diversity, Abundance, and Distribution of Small Mammals and Bats |
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effects of land management edges on the diversity, abundance, and distribution of small mammals and bats |
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2020 |
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