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Wildlife Road Watch: Citizen Scientist Observations


2010 to 2014
Summary

Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch is a citizen science project developed in partnership with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Department of Transportation, and University of California, Davis Road Ecology Center, in which Volunteers record their observations of wildlife crossings

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Barbara Charry

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, citizen science, transportation management, wildlife crossings, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Charry, B. (2015). Wildlife Road Watch, Citizen Scientist Observations 2010-2014. Maine Audubon Society. Retrieved from http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/WRW-Report-2015-Final.pdf

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/WRW-Report-2015-Final.pdf

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The Ecological Road?Effect Zone of a Massachusetts (U.S.A.) Suburban Highway


2001
Summary

This report studies the effects of human road traffic on the surrounding ecology. The effects of the factors were measured and a conclusion was made that nature reserves and busy roads should be separated.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard T. T. Forman , Robert D. Deblinger

Institutions: Harvard University , Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

roads

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Forman, R.T.T.; Deblinger, R.D. "The Ecological Road-Effect Zone of Massachusetts (U.S.A.) Suburban Highway." Conservation Biology, vol. 14, issue 1, 24 December 2001. Accessed From (https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99088.x)

Source Link

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99088.x

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Critical paths: enhancing road permeability for wildlife in Vermont


2009
Summary

The overriding goal of the Critical Paths project is to assist in the implementation of Vermont's State Wildlife Action Plan, which specifically recognizes the impacts of roads on wildlife habitat, and identifies the need to prioritize road crossing areas for wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: George Leoniack

Institutions: National Wildlife Federation , Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , Leoniak Tracking Services

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, landuse planning, permeable landscape, transportation, vehicle-wildlife collisions

Topic Tags

management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Leoniak, G., Scharf, T., Fidel, J., Gay, G., Hammond, F. and Hilke, J.. (2009). Critical paths - Enhancing Road Permability for Wildlife in Vermont. The Wildlife Conservation Society. 77 p.

Source Link

http://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Regional/Northeast/NRC_Critical_Paths_Report.pdf

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Potential for retrofitting transportation infrastructure to benefit movement of terrestrial wildlife


2014 to 2015
Summary

Maine Audubon and its partners, the Maine Department of Transportation, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and The Nature Conservancy, conducted a pilot project to survey and evaluate existing road crossings in Maine for retrofit potential

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Barbara Charry

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

Franklin, Oxford, York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

habitat connectivity, culverts, road infrastructure, wildlife crossings

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Charry, B. and Kintsch, J. (2015). Maine Terrestrial Wildlife Crossings Survey Report: Potential for Retrofitting Transportation Infrastructure to Benefit Movement of Terrestrial Wildlife. Maine Audubon.

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Terrestrial-Exec-Summary.pdf

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Fractured Forests Are Endangering Wildlife, Scientists Find


2019
Summary

This article compares and contrasts the information around the world about fragmented forests and the effects on wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Carl Zimmer

Institutions: New York Times

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Zimmer, C. "Fractured Forests Are Endangering Wildlife, Scientists Find." New York Times, 5 December 2019. Accessed from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/science/forests-fragmentation-wildlife.html

Source Link

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/science/forests-fragmentation-wildlife.html

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Make room for wildlife: a resource for local planners and communities in the Adirondacks


2013
Summary

This pamphlet is geared for planners and communities within the Adirondacks to help them manage lands for wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Wildlife Conservation Society

Location

Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saratoga, St Lawrence, Warren, Washington, Oneida

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

fragmentation, landuse planning, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Wildlife Conservation Society. (2013). Make Room For Wildlife: A Resource for Local Planners and Communities in the Adirondacks. Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/makeroomforwildlife_asbook_highres.pdf.

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/makeroomforwildlife_asbook_highres.pdf

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Why did that bear cross the road? A guide to habitat connectivity


2011
Summary

Pamphlet by the Staying Connected Initiative about the importance of habitat connectivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

landuse planning, habitat connectivity, ecological design, road barrier mitigation, wildlife crossings

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (2013). Staying Connected: Why did that bear cross the road? A Guide to Habitat Connectivity. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/whatishabitatconnectivity_final.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/whatishabitatconnectivity_final.pdf

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Habitat Fragmentation Effects Depend on Complex Interactions Between Population Size and Dispersal Ability: Modeling Influences of Roads, Agriculture and Residential Development Across a Range of Life-History Characteristics


2009
Summary

An analysis of the effect of habitat fragmentation by roads, residential and agricultural land uses on hypothetical vernal pool breeding animals in western Massachusetts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Bradley Compton , Kevin McGargal

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

agriculture, roads, fragmentation, vernal pools

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Cushman, S.A.; Compton, B.W.; McGarigal, K. 2009. "Habitat Fragmentation Effects Depend on Complex Interactions Between Population Size and Dispersal Ability: Modeling Influences of Roads, Agriculture and Residential Development Across a Range of Life-History Characteristics." Accessed From (https://www.umass.edu/landeco/pubs/cushman.et.al.2009.chapter20.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.umass.edu/landeco/pubs/cushman.et.al.2009.chapter20.pdf

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Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan 2005


2005
Summary

This report outlines the goals and purpose of Vermont's Wildlife Grants program and the Wildlife Action Plan, which were created to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered through early, strategic efforts to conserve wildlife and habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jon Kart

Institutions: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, wildlife, management

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Kart, J., Regan, R., Darling, S.R., Alexander, C., Cox, K.,Ferguson, M., Parren, S., Royar, K. & Popp, B.(Eds). (2005). Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan. Waterbury, VT: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

Source Link

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/About Us/Budget and Planning/VT_Willdife_Action_Plan_Main_Document.pdf

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Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan 2015


2015
Summary

According to Congressional mandate, Wildlife Action Plans must be updated at least every 10 years. This report represents the first revision of Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan, originally created in 2005.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, wildlife, management

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Vermont Wildlife Action Plan Team. (2015). Vermont Wildlife Action Plan 2015. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Montpelier, VT. http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com

Source Link

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/about-us/budget-and-planning/wildlife-action-plan

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Wildlife Habitat and Natural Areas


Summary

This post from VNRC talks about the role of wildlife habitat within the state of Vermont and how important it is to have concrete documentation/policy to conserve wildlife and natural lands.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, wildlife, public lands, wildlife habitat, wildlife and habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education, policy

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (n.d.). Wildlife Habitat and Natural Areas. Available at http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/issues/wildlife-habitat-and-natural-areas/

Source Link

https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/issues/wildlife-habitat-and-natural-areas/

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Ecoregional habitat connectivity science applied at multiple scales in transportation


2008 to 2010
Summary

This PowerPoint presentation introduces the Staying Connected Initiative and the projects that members have tackled, including tracking and identifying conflicts between wildlife crossings and people.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jens Hilke, Conrad Reining, Dirk Bryant

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

road crossings, wildlife connectivity, wildlife crossings, wildlife movement, wildlife tracking

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Reining, C., Hilke, J., and Bryant, D. (2012). Ecoregional Habitat Connectivity Science Applied at Multiple Scales in Transportation. Powerpoint. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/newt_2012_sci_and_transportation.ppt

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/newt_2012_sci_and_transportation.ppt

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World Wildlife Fund


Summary

An overview of the New England - Acadian forests by the WWF regarding conservation status, remaining blocks of intact habitat, degree of protection for those blocks, and severity of threats.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: M. Davis

Institutions: World Wildlife Fund

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, disturbance, threats, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Davis, M., Gratton, L., Adams, J., Goltz, J., Stewart, C., Buttrick, S., Mann, G. (n.d.). New England-Acadian forests. Available at https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410

Source Link

https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410

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Permeability of existing structures for terrestrial wildlife: a passage assessment system


2011
Summary

The purpose of this project was to create an assessment methodology to evaluate existing transportation infrastructure for its ability to facilitat wildlife movement from one side of a roadway to the other. To accomplish this, the research team developed initial criteria for assessing the permeability of existing bridges and culverts for terrestrial wildlife based on the current body of knowledge on how wildlife native to Washington use wildlife crossing structures.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Julia Kintsch

Institutions: ECO-resolutions, Utah State University

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Report

Tags

wildlife, connectivity, bridge, culverts, enhancements, fence, permeability, retrofit, road management, transportation ecology, wildlife crossings

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Kintsch, J. and Cramer, P.C. (2011). Permeability of existing structures for terrestrial wildlife: A passage assessment system. Research Report No. WA-RD 777.1. Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA.

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/PAS-system_Washington-DOT.pdf

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Use of road maps in national assessments of forest fragmentation in the United States


2004
Summary

The authors compared forest fragmentation as calculated from high-resolution land-cover maps alone (Method 1) and after superimposing detailed road maps (Method 2) and fond that there was more overall fragmentation with Method 2. The results emphasize that the question of incorporating road maps must consider the purpose of the assessment, the characteristics of the data, and the relative sensitivities of indices to different patterns of fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kurt Riiters

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

fragmentation, road networks, road-caused fragmentation, superimposed imagery

Topic Tags

methods, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Riiters, K., Wickham, J. & Coulston, J. (2004). Use of Road Maps in National Assessments of Forest Fragmentation in the United States. Ecology and Society 9(2): 13.

Source Link

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_riitters009.pdf

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Forest fragmentation of the conterminous United States: assessing forest intactness through road density and spatial characteristics


2002
Summary

The authors presented a methodology to create a forest fragmentation database for the conterminous United States by utilizing the high-resolution National Land Cover Database, roads, and indices that quantify forest landscape patterns, as well as propose some of its potential uses for conservation scientists, restoration scientists, land managers, policymakers, and others.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Gerald Heilman , James Strittholt, Nicholas Slosser, Dominick Dellasala

Institutions: Conservation Biology Institute, World Wildlife Fund

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

remote sensing, fragmentation, disturbance

Topic Tags

methods, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Heilman, G.E., Strittholt, J.R., Slosser, N.C., & Dellasala, D.A. (2002). Forest Fragmentation of the Conterminous United States: Assessing Forest Intactness through Road Density and Spatial Characteristics: Forest fragmentation can be measured and monitored in a powerful new way by combining remote sensing, geographic information systems, and analytical software. AIBS Bulletin, 52 (5), 411-422.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/52/5/411/236110

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Amphibian Movements in Response to Forest Edges, Roads, and Streambeds in Southern New England


1998
Summary

This study used drift fences and pitfall traps to intercept dispersing amphibians and examine amphibian movements relative to roads, forest edges, and streambeds in a forest tract in southern Connecticut.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Gibbs

Institutions: The Wildlife Society

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

amphibians

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Gibbs, J. P. "Amphibian Movements in Response to Forest Edges, Roads, and Streambeds in Southern New England" The Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 62, no. 2 (April, 1998), pp. 584-589

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3802333?seq=1

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Reducing wildlife mortality on roads in Vermont: documenting wildlife movement near bridges and culverts to improve related conservation investments


2014 to 2016
Summary

This project gathered and analyzed game-camera data on the frequency of under-highway wildlife movement through bridges and culverts in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Laura Farrell , Paul Marangelo

Institutions: University of Vermont , The Nature Conservancy

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

habitat connectivity, camera traps, bridge, culverts, permeability, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

methods, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Marangelo, P. and Farrell, L. (2016). Reducing wildlife mortality on roads in Vermont: documenting wildlife movement near bridges and culverts to improve related conservation investments. The Nature Conservancy.

Source Link

http://roadsandwildlife.org/data/files/Documents/da14148d-2fb5-46f2-af70-7709603ef17b .pdf

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Wildlife Corridor Overlay Zone


2008
Summary

This post from Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC) describes the town of Shrewsbury, Vermont, and the updates to the Town Plan in 2008. The update focused on zoning documents to ensure future goals with wildlife corridors within Shrewsbury, which resulted in an expansion of the areas protected by using a bear overlay zone to include wildlife habitat and corridors.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont, Shrewsbury

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, public lands, wildlife conservation, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

policy

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2008). Wildlife Corridor Overlay Zone - Shrewsbury. Available at http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/wildlife-corridor-overlay-zone-shrewsbury/

Source Link

https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/wildlife-corridor-overlay-zone-shrewsbury/

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$7 Million Federal Award Will Fund Stream Connectivity, Private Road Improvements in Maine


2021
Summary

Project partners led by The Nature Conservancy in Maine will use an innovative Stream Smart design and installation approach to improve habitat and aquatic organism passage and reduce impacts from increasingly volatile storm flows, using a $7 Million Federal Award.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jeremy Cluchey

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

roads, streams, funding

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, policy

Citation

Cluchey, J., "$7 Million Federal Award Will Fund Stream Connectivity, Private Road Improvements in Maine" The Nature Conservancy, may 03, 2021, Accessed from (https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/maine-award-funds-stream-connectivity/)

Source Link

https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/maine-award-funds-stream-connectivity/

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Vermont habitat blocks and habitat connectivity: an analysis using Geographic Information Systems


2014
Summary

This project is a directly related to Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan (2005) priority conservation goals. Using GIS analysis, the authors identified potential habitat blocks, wildlife corridors, and road crossings.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eric Sorenson

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept.

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

habitat connectivity, fragmentation mitigation, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Sorenson, E. & Osborne, J. (2014). Vermont habitat blocks and habitat connectivity: an analysis using Geographic Information Systems. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

Source Link

https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Vermont_Forests/Library/VFWD Habitat Block Report-April 2014.pdf

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Wildlife connectivity in western Massachusetts: Results and recommendations from a 2013-14 study of wildlife movement in two corridors


2013 to 2014
Summary

Using winter tracking of mammal species, motion-triggered wildlife cameras, and surveys of roadkill, the authors studied where animals are able to move across the roads within the Berkshire Wildlife Linkage. This report details suggestions for landowners and groups interested in wildlfie movement on how to maintain connectivity across their landscapes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jessica Applin

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, wildlife, landuse planning, connectivity

Topic Tags

ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Applin, J. & L. Marx. (2014). Wildlife connectivity in western Massachusetts: Results and recommendations from a 2013-14 study of wildlife movement in two corridors. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved from https://www.nature.org/media/massachusetts/wildlife-connectivity-study-final.pdf.

Source Link

https://www.nature.org/media/massachusetts/wildlife-connectivity-study-final.pdf

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Volunteer tracking instructions northern Green Mountains


2011
Summary

Instruction for volunteer wildlife trackers working throughout the Northern Green Mountains. Volunteers were tracking wildlife activity near road systems.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

habitat connectivity, citizen science, tracking, wildlife crossings, wildlife tracking

Topic Tags

methods, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Hawk, R. & Hancock, C. (2011). Volunteer Tracking Instructions. Staying Connected Initiative. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_21ngs_volunteer_tracking_instructions2_12-1-11.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_21ngs_volunteer_tracking_instructions2_12-1-11.pdf

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The three borders linkage area


2012
Summary

This map identifies priority landscape linkages for wildlife connectivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Wildlife Conservation Society , Two Countries One Forest , Conservation De La Nature - Canada , Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

Location

New York

Resource Type

Map

Tags

communities, wildlife, connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

The Nature Conservancy. (2012). The Three Borders Linkage Area [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/3borderslinkagepathways_aug12_.pdf

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/3borderslinkagepathways_aug12_.pdf

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Wildlife Connectivity Study Final Report (Bolton Waterbury STP 2709(1))


2013 to 2015
Summary

This study was undertaken to answer pertinent questions about wildlife habitat, mortiality, and zone from Bolton to Waterbury, VT, particularly relating to the I89 highway corridor.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Johnson McFarland

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Vermont Agency of Transportation, VTrans

Location

Bolton, Waterbury

Resource Type

Report

Tags

endangered species, wildlife, highway systems, infrastructure planning, policy

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

management, policy

Citation

Johnson, M. & Andrews, J.S. (2016). Bolton Waterbury STP 2709(1) Wildlife Connectivity Study Final Report. Vermont Fish and Wildlife and Vermont Agency of Transportation. 91 p.

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/I-89_Wildlife_Connectivity_FINAL___.pdf

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The Berkshire wildlife linkage: connecting the Green Mts to Hudson Highlands for wildlife and people


2017
Summary

The short report summaries the vision and key goals of the Staying Connected Intiative project that aims to protect the Berkshire wildlife linkage between the Green Mountains and the Hudson Highlands in New York.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont, New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

wildlife, fragmentation

Topic Tags

ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Marx, L. (2017). The Berkshire wildlife linkage: connecting the Green Mts to Hudson Highlands for wildlife and people. The Staying Connected Intiative.

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/BWL_2pager_FINAL.pdf

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Reducing Wildlife Mortality on Roads in Vermont: Determining Relationships Between Structure Attributes and Wildlife Movement Frequency Through Bridges and Culverts to Improve Related Conservation Investments


2019
Summary

This project gathered and analyzed game-camera data on the frequency of wildlife movement through bridges and culverts in Vermont to generate results-based recommendations for improving the permeability of highways in Vermont for wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Paul Marengelo

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Transport , Vermont Nature Conservancy

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

bridge, culverts, highway systems

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Marangelo, P. "Reducing Wildlife Mortality on Roads in Vermont: Determining Relationships Between Structure Attributes and Wildlife Movement Frequency Through Bridges and Culverts to Improve Related Conservation Investments." 26 September 2019, Accessed from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Marangelo/publication/336588936_Reducing_Wildlife_Mortality_on_Roads_in_Vermont_Determining_Relationships_Between_Structure_Attributes_and_Wildlife_Movement_Frequency_Through_Bridges_and_Culverts_to_Improve_Related_Conservation_Inve/links/5da733aca6fdccdad54ab247/Reducing-Wildlife-Mortality-on-Roads-in-Vermont-Determining-Relationships-Between-Structure-Attributes-and-Wildlife-Movement-Frequency-Through-Bridges-and-Culverts-to-Improve-Related-Conservation-Inve.pdf

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Marangelo/publication/336588936_Reducing_Wildlife_Mortality_on_Roads_in_Vermont_Determining_Relationships_Between_Structure_Attributes_and_Wildlife_Movement_Frequency_Through_Bridges_and_Culverts_to_Improve_Related_Conservation_Inve/links/5da733aca6fdccdad54ab247/Reducing-Wildlife-Mortality-on-Roads-in-Vermont-Determining-Relationships-Between-Structure-Attributes-and-Wildlife-Movement-Frequency-Through-Bridges-and-Culverts-to-Improve-Related-Conservation-Inve.pdf

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NH Wildlife Corridors


2017 to 2018
Summary

In 2017/2018 the NH Fish and Game Department (NHFG) partnered with the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to research wildlife corridors in New Hampshire and address Senate Bill 376, an act relative to wildlife corridors. The research topics included identifying (1) existing and needed wildlife corridors, (2) voluntary mechanisms that affect wildlife corridors and (3) any existing statutes, rules and regulations that affect wildlife corridors.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Marchand , Sandra Houghton , Mark Ellingwood , Glenn Normandeau , Rebecca Martin , Lori Sommer , Collis Adams

Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department , New Hampshire Department of Transportation , New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

corridors

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Houghton, S.; Marchand, M.; Ellingwood, M.; Normandeau, G.; Martin, R.; Sommer, L.; Adams, C. June 2018. "New Hampshire Wildlife Corridors." Accessed From (https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/nongame/documents/nh-wildlife-corr-rpt.pdf).

Source Link

https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/nongame/corridors.html

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Staying connected in the northern Green Mountains: identifying structural pathways and other areas of high conservation priority


2009 to 2012
Summary

The authors identified critical areas of fine-scale wildlife connectivity, or structural pathways, within the Northern Green Mountains of Vermont, as well as the process used to refine the Northern Green Mountain landscape linkage boundary. In addition, parcels within the habitat blocks themselves were identified and ranked for importance in contributing to regional connectivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, road crossings, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Hawk, R., Miller, C., Reining, C., and Gratton, L. (2012). Staying connected in the northern Green Mountains: identifying structural pathways and other areas of high conservation priority. The Staying Connected Initiative.

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/ngm_structural_pathways_and_parcels_29oct12_final.pdf

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Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex


2018
Summary

The purpose of this paper is to explain the planned process and strategies of the Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce New England Cottontails to the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Nick Ernst , Charlie Vandemoer

Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Ernst, N., Vandemoer, C. "Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex" US Fish and Wildlife Service, 27 February, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Rhode_Island_Complex/Ninigret/NEC.NewsRelease.withProjectDescription.pdf)

Source Link

https://rhodeislandpermits.recaccess.com/

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Forest Fragmentation


Summary

This website provides basic information about forest fragmentation and how it impacts wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

human disturbance, roads, education

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Forest Fragmentation. (n.d.). Available at http://www.web.ca/~nwatch/fmp/Issue_Pages/forestfragmentation.html

Source Link

http://www.web.ca/~nwatch/fmp/Issue_Pages/forestfragmentation.html

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Effects of forest roads on habitat quality for ovenbirds in a forested landscape


1996
Summary

The authors studied the influence of forest roads on Ovenbird density in an extensively forested region of Vermont, evaluating habitat use and reproductive success relative to mechanisms proposed to explain the density-edge relationship. They concluded that habitat quality for Ovenbirds may be lower within 150 m of unpaved roads in extensive forested landscapes, affecting territory density and possibly reproductive success.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Yvette Ortega

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Middlebury, Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forest edge, forest interior species, neotropical migrants

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Ortega, Y.K. and Capen, D.E. (1999). Effects of forest roads on habitat quality for ovenbirds in a forested landscape. The Auk, pp.937-946.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4089673.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:e1e7a6099fe76ce140970d49029c768d

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New Hampsire Wildlife Action Plan 2015


2015
Summary

The 2015 revision of the Wildlife Action Plan incorporates new data, methodologies and extensive public input to identify species in greatest need of conservation, habitats that are at the greatest risk, as well as land uses and activities that present the greatest threats to wildlife and habitat. It outlines more than 100 actions that can be taken by diverse stakeholders to protect and manage wildlife and habitat in New Hampshire.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Ellingwood , Glenn Normandeau , John Kanter

Institutions: Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Project, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Normandeau, G.; Ellingwood, M.; Kanter, J. "New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan, 2015 Revised Edition." 2015. Accessed from https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/documents/wap/introandfrontpages.pdf

Source Link

https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/wildlife/wap.html

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Wildlife dynamics in the changing New England landscape


1600 to 2002
Summary

The authors compiled data on major wildlife species to identify broad population trends and to address both fundamental and applied questions regarding these long-term patterns in Massachusetts. They found that wildlife populations were changing at a remarkable rate leading to significant ecological impacts on the landscape and many other species, creating major conservation and management challenges, and generating novel and oftentimes significant conflicts with human values.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Foster

Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Missouri Department of Conservation, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds, moose, bear, beaver, deer, deforestational fragmentation, human populations, land use change, wolf

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00759.x

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Reintroduction of New England Cottontail (Sylvigaus transitionalis) on Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge


2018
Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to reintroduce New England Cottontail rabbits onto the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in order to establish a population. To help insure the success of the reintroduction effort, a small number of eastern cottontails could be live-trapped and moved to the barrier beach portion of the refuge. This will minimize competition between eastern cottontails and the New England Cottontail at the reintroduction site. The reintroduction effort is not anticipated to effect ongoing recreational activities, public use, or habitat management activities on the refuge.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

rabbits

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "Reintroduction of New England Cottontail (Sylvigaus transitionalis) on Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge" February, 2018, Accessed from https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Rhode_Island_Complex/Ninigret/NEC.NewsRelease.withProjectDescription.pdf

Source Link

https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Rhode_Island_Complex/Ninigret/NEC.NewsRelease.withProjectDescription.pdf

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Volunteer Tracking Form


2011
Summary

Volunteer form built by the Staying Connected Initiative for their volunteers to record tracks found near designated road ways.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

habitat connectivity, citizen science, tracking, wildlife crossings, wildlife tracking

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Hancock, C. (2011). The WildPaths Project: Volunteer Tracking Form. Staying Connected Initiative. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_22ngs_wpp_correctedvolunteertrackingform_12-16-11.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_22ngs_wpp_correctedvolunteertrackingform_12-16-11.pdf

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Northeast Kingdom (VT): northern NH linkage


2012
Summary

This map depicts draft structural pathways that may be used to conserve wildlife connectivity in northern Vermont and New Hampshire.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

Vermont, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Map

Tags

wildlife, connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity, wildlife connectivity planning

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

The Nature Conservancy. (2012). Northeast Kingdom Northern NH Linkage [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/nek-nnh_proj_area_sps.pdf

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/nek-nnh_proj_area_sps.pdf

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A multiscale analysis of gene flow for the New England cottontail, an imperiled habitat specialist in a fragmented landscape


2007 to 2008
Summary

The authors evaluated local population structure and measures of genetic diversity of a geographically isolated population of New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) in the northeastern United States. They assessed the relative importance of dispersal barriers and facilitators on gene flow varied among populations in relation to landscape composition, demonstrating the complexity and context dependency of factors influencing gene flow and highlighting the importance of replication and scale in landscape genetic studies.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Lindsey Fenderson , Noah Perlut , Adrienne Kovach, John Litvaitis, Kathleen O'Brien, Kelly Boland, Walter Jakubas

Institutions: University of New Hampshire , US Fish & Wildlife Service , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Location

Maine, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

land use, roads, rabbits, new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063480/

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Priority linkages in the northern Appalachian-Acadian region


2015
Summary

Map identifying priority landscape linkages for wildlife connectivity

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative , Two Countries One Forest

Location

Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Map

Tags

connectivity, corridors, wildlife connectivity, wildlife connectivity planning

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Two Countries One Forest. (2015). Priority Linkages in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian Region [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/SCILinkageBoundaries_May_2015.pdf

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/SCILinkageBoundaries_May_2015.pdf

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A standardized framework for using camera traps to monitor wildlife crossing structures


1970 to 2015
Summary

This poster itdenfies inconsistencies in wildlife crossing structures and how using camera traps to monitor the performance to these crossing structures could lead to future improvements.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Julia Kintsch

Institutions: ECO-resolutions, Utah State University

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

camera traps, climate change resilience, landscape scale habitat, wildlife crossing structures, wildlife crossings

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Kintsch, J., & Cramer, P. (2016). A Standardized Framework for Using Camera Traps to Monitor Wildlife Crossing Structures [poster]. Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/KintschCramer_CCTWS2016_PosterFinalDraft.pdf

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/KintschCramer_CCTWS2016_PosterFinalDraft.pdf

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Technical guide to forest wildlife habitat management in New England


2006
Summary

This book is a compilation of forest management practices now crucial for creating a range of forest habitat conditions to maintain or enhance forest wildlife diversity in New England.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf

Location

New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

forest management, fragmentation, education, land use change, wildlife management

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

DeGraaf, R.M., Yamasaki, M., Leak, W.B. and Lester, A.M. (2006). Technical Guide to Forest Wildlife Habitat Management in New England. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont Press.

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/58319

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Stressors: Development and habitat loss


2015
Summary

This tool allows users to explore and learn about environmental threats and impacts to wildlife in Massachusetts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, wildlife, development, habitat loss, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Massachusetts Climate Adaptation Partnership. (2015). Stressors: Development and habitat loss. Available at https://climateactiontool.org/content/development-and-habitat-loss

Source Link

https://climateactiontool.org/content/development-and-habitat-loss

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Waitsfield: Forest Blocks & Wildlife Road Crossings


2021
Summary

This presentation is an overview of the town plan and suggested updates to follow the requirements of Act 171.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jens Hilke

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Hilke J., "Waitsfield: Forest Blocks & Wildlife Road Crossings", 2021, Accessed from: http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-2.2-PC-Mtg-Act-171-Mapping-Sub-Presentation.pdf

Source Link

http://www.waitsfieldvt.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-2.2-PC-Mtg-Act-171-Mapping-Sub-Presentation.pdf

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Landscape correlates of forest plant invasions: A high-resolution analysis across the eastern United States


2001 to 2017
Summary

Using invasive plant data from 23,039 forest inventory plots in 13 ecological provinces, the authors employed logistic regression to relate the odds of invasion to distance from a road, with adjustments for broadscale differences attributable to ecological provinces, and local scale differences in productivity, forest fragmentation and land use. The results indicated the best predictor of the odds of invasion was ecological province, followed by land use, productivity, forest fragmentation and distance from a road, and the authors conclude that in the eastern United States, the existence of a nearby road is less important than the landscape context associated with the road.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kurt Riiters , Kevin Potter

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources , University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

agriculture, roads, fragmentation, invasives

Topic Tags

management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Riitters, K., Potter, K., Iannone III, B.V., Oswalt, C., Fei, S. and Guo, Q. (2018). Landscape correlates of forest plant invasions: A high-resolution analysis across the eastern United States. Diversity and Distributions, 24(3), pp.274-284.

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ddi.12680

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Investigating Bobcat-Recreation Conflict in Vermont


2020
Summary

This is a community engagement practicum through Middlebury College in partnership with the Northeast Wilderness Trust. They compiled a comprehensive literature review into wildlife-recreation conflict, with a focus on bobcats (Lynx rufus), developed a pilot study to investigate the impacts of multi-use trail networks on bobcats in Vermont, and created a habitat suitability index and model to identify and compare study sites.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Anna Willig , Greta Savitsky , Caroline Daley

Institutions: Middlebury College , Northeast Wilderness Trust

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

recreation, wildlife conflicts

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Daley, C., Savitsky, G., Willig, A. ""Investigating Bobcat-Recreation Conflict in Vermont"" Middlebury College, Northeast Wilderness Trust, Spring 2020. Accessed from (http://www.middlebury.edu/system/files/media/NEWT_Final Report_DM.pdf)

Source Link

http://www.middlebury.edu/system/files/media/NEWT_Final Report_DM.pdf

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Chester PLANNING WITH WILDLIFE IN MIND


Summary

An overview of the health of the forests in Chester, Vermont with a focus on fragmentation and ecosystem services.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Monica Przyperhart

Institutions: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Location

Vermont, Chester

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Przyperhart, M. "Chester: Planning With Wildlife in Mind." Accessed from http://www.chestervt.gov/uploads/1/1/9/4/119456679/vt_fish_and_wildlife_presentation.pdf

Source Link

http://www.chestervt.gov/uploads/1/1/9/4/119456679/vt_fish_and_wildlife_presentation.pdf

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Taking Action for Wildlife: Identify and Protect Wildlife Corridors


2022
Summary

This article communicates the importance of keeping habitats connected and examples of actions that can be taken to help protect wildlife corridors.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of New Hampshire

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Taking Action for Wildlife: Identify and Protect Wildlife Corridors", University of New Hampshire, 2022, Accessed from: https://www.takingactionforwildlife.org/resource/identify-protect-wildlife-corridors

Source Link

https://www.takingactionforwildlife.org/resource/identify-protect-wildlife-corridors

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The Berkshire wildlife linkage: a corridor for wildlife and people


2015
Summary

This document provides information about the Berkshire Widllife Linkage, and how the vision and goals provided by the Staying Connected Initiative will be achieved.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont, New York

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

landuse planning, appalachian trail, habitat corridor, habitat islands, parcelization, road crossings

Topic Tags

conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Staying Connected Initiatve. (2015). The Berkshire Wildlife Linkage: A Corridor for Wildlife and People. Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Berkshire-Wildlife-Linkage-A-Corridor-for-Wildlife-and-People.pdf

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Berkshire-Wildlife-Linkage-A-Corridor-for-Wildlife-and-People.pdf

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Vermont Transportation & Habitat Connectivity Guidance Document


2012
Summary

The information contained in this guidance document will inform transportation planning,

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Laura Farrell

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Transportation, VTrans

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

monitoring, road crossings, transportation management, wildlife crossing structures, wildlife crossings, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Shilling, F., Cramer, P., Farrell, L., & Reining, C. (2012). Vermont transportation and habitat connectivity guidance document. Vermont Agency of Transportation.

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/vtrans_transport_habitat_connectivity_guidance_final_dec2012.pdf

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Be a steward of the Berkshire Wildlife Linkage -- this place in between!


2016
Summary

This document provides contacts for landowners to different programs that help landowners and communities learn more about the management of forestland.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Williamstown, Franklin

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

agriculture, wildlife, landuse planning, wildlife connectivity

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (2016). Be a steward of the Berkshire Wildlife Linkage. Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Landowner_resources_NBerks_Franklin_DRAFT.pdf

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Landowner_resources_NBerks_Franklin_DRAFT.pdf

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Connecticut Wildlife: Biodiversity, Natural History, and Conservation


2004
Summary

Connecticut Wildlife is the lavishly illustrated, exhaustive overview of the ecosystems of Connecticut, its plants and animals, and the ecological links among the state's wildlife and their habitats--from butterflies to red foxes, jellyfish to double-crested cormorants, poison ivy to phytoplankton. It carefully traces Connecticut's daily, seasonal, annual, and long-term cycles, which range from the dynamics of natural communities to patterns of reproduction and behavior in major groups of organisms. Whether looking at individual species or broad ecosystems, Geoffrey A. Hammerson's conservationist perspective shines in Connecticut Wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Geoffrey A. Hammerson

Institutions: Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions , Connecticut River Watershed Council

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Hammerson, G. A. "Connecticut Wildlife: Biodiversity, Natural History, and Conservation" 2004, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?id=FWc3zDq9P10C&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&dq=forest+fragmentation+connecticut&source=bl&ots=Yxdhces9vo&sig=ACfU3U26eDDRE9USU8rxE3pvjUO0Vcp-NA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv_bjx8Y3pAhWHgXIEHS9CCBM4ChDoATAGegQIChAB#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?id=FWc3zDq9P10C&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&dq=forest+fragmentation+connecticut&source=bl&ots=Yxdhces9vo&sig=ACfU3U26eDDRE9USU8rxE3pvjUO0Vcp-NA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv_bjx8Y3pAhWHgXIEHS9CCBM4ChDoATAGegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation connecticut&f=false

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Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan


2015
Summary

The 2015 RI WAP is a comprehensive plan that provides direction to and coordination of wildlife conservation efforts over the coming decade.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan" Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 2015. Accessed from (http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/wildlifehuntered/swap15.php)

Source Link

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/wildlifehuntered/swap15.php

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Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, NatureServe , National Geographic

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

threats

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies "Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan" LandScope America, 2020, Accessed from http://www.landscope.org/rhode-island/priorities/

Source Link

http://www.landscope.org/rhode-island/priorities/

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Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan


2005 to 2015
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, LandScope America

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan" Association of Fish and WIldlife Agencies, 2021. Accessed from (http://www.landscope.org/rhode-island/priorities/)

Source Link

http://www.landscope.org/rhode-island/priorities/

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Cold Hollow to Canada


Summary

This website provides information about Cold Hollow to Canada, which aims to provide a healthy and intact forested landscape that supports a strong and sustainable local economy through stewardship, with protection of core wildlife habitat and connectivity across the entire Northern Forest.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Cold Hollow to Canada

Location

Enosburg, Westfield, Bakersfield, Belvidere, Waterville, Fletcher, Montgomery, Richford

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, northern forest, wildlife, forestland conservation, northeast, forest conservation, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Cold Hollow to Canada. (n.d.). Available at https://www.coldhollowtocanada.org/

Source Link

https://www.coldhollowtocanada.org/

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Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications


1999
Summary

This book summarizes findings from the first scientific conference to address fragmentation in relationship to forest management and the consequences for wildlife populations in the forests of the western United States and Canada.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Rochelle, Leslie Lehmann, Joe Wisniewski

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Book

Tags

forest management, connectivity, habitat fragmentation, habitat threats, threats

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Rochelle, J. A., Lehmann, L. A., and Wisniewski, J. (1999). Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications. Boston, MA: Brill.

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books/about/Forest_Fragmentation.html?id=wFoxKvB4vjAC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f;=false

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Conserving Vernal Pool Wildlife in Urbanizing Landscapes


2007
Summary

This chapter of the journal 'Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America' has information on how wildlife in vernal pools are impacted by urbanization. It also explains opportunities and recommendations for conservation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Aram Calhoun, Bryan Windmiller

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Windmiller, B.; Calhoun, A. J. K. "Conserving Vernal Pool Wildlife in Urbanizing Landscapes" Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America, 13 August, 2007, pp. 233-251, Accessed from https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/VernalPools/Ch12_ScienceConservationofVernalPools.pdf

Source Link

https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/VernalPools/Ch12_ScienceConservationofVernalPools.pdf

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The Contribution of Wildlife Hosts to the Rise of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in North America


2021
Summary

This forum article highlights the roles that wildlife hosts play in the maintenance and transmission of zoonotic, companion animal, livestock, and wildlife tick-borne pathogens.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jean Tsao, Sarah Hamer , Seungeun Han , Jennifer L. Sidge , Graham J. Hickling

Institutions: Michigan State University , Texas A&M University, Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Schubolt Center for Avian Health , National Veterinary Institute, Department of Disease Control and Epidemiology , Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development , University of Tennessee, Center for Wildlife Health, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

ticks

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/4/1565/6245992?login=true

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Wildlife Corridor Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary


2021
Summary

Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary serves as a critical corridor for terrestrial and riparian wildlife, at the southern end of over 80,000 acres of contiguous forest including the 26,000 acre Groton State Forest.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Wildlife Corridor" Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary, 2021. Accessed from (https://sagemountain.com/conservation/land-nature/corridor/)

Source Link

https://sagemountain.com/conservation/land-nature/corridor/

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Conserving Vermont's natural heritage: a guide to community-based planning for the conservation of Vermont's fish, wildlife, and biological diversity


2004
Summary

This report is designed for use at the local level to help decision-makers preserve Vermont natural resources, wildlife and cultural heritage.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John Austin

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, community based planning, forest preservation, natural heritage

Topic Tags

conservation, management

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Austin, J., Alexander, C., Marshall, E., Hammond, F., Shippee, J., and Thompson, E. (2013). Conserving Vermont's natural heritage: a guide to community-based planning for the conservation of Vermont's fish, wildlife, and biological diversity. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department . 136 p.

Source Link

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Get Involved/Partner in Conservation/Conserving_Vermont's_Natural_Heritage.pdf

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Sprawl and wildlife habitat


2015
Summary

An educational briefing created by Grow Smart Maine about the impacts of sprawl to wildlife habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Grow Smart Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

development, awareness, disturbance, education, forest fragmentation, sprawl

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Sprawl and Wildlife Habitat. (2015). GrowSmart Maine. Retrieved from https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sprawl-and-Wildlife.pdf

Source Link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybg8gPzNUNacQmB-_NN4lqD0clmwxuqA/view

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Master's Project: Policy Gap Analysis of Wildlife Conservation Objectives and Environmental Policies in Vermont, USA


2022
Summary

This research identified six state-level environmental policies deemed to be the most consequential for terrestrial wildlife conservation in Vermont: Act 250, Section 248, the Vermont Endangered Species Law, the Vermont Wetlands Rules, Act 171, and Current Use (Use Value Appraisal). A review of relevant caselaw, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD) legislative reports, VFWD-issued guidance documents, and peer-reviewed scientific literature informed the development of the Vermont Wildlife Policy Gap Survey. Utilizing established methodologies, the Vermont Wildlife Policy Gap Survey was designed to identify gaps in Vermont's current regulatory structure for the conservation of wildlife by eliciting feedback from a selected pool of conservation professionals in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Lacey M. W., "Master's Project: Policy Gap Analysis of Wildlife Conservation Objectives and Environmental Policies in Vermont, USA", University of Vermont, 2022, Accessed from: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/rsmpp/27/

Source Link

https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/rsmpp/27/

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Forestry Matters: Decline of Oaks Will Impact Wildlife in Hardwood Forests


2010
Summary

This article speaks to the important role of oaks and the production of acorns to support the wildlife in many deciduous forests. Forest management, introduced pests and pathogens and increased deer populations have resulted in significant changes in teh demography of oaks in eastern North America. Effective forest management is important. This article provides reccomendations on management practices.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Frank Koch , William M. Healy

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

McShea W. J., Healy W. M., Devers P., Fearer T., Koch F. H., Stauffer D., Waldon J., "Forestry Matters: Decline of Oaks Will Impact Wildlife in Hardwood Forests", The Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 71, iss 5, p. 1717-1728, 13 December 2010, https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-169

Source Link

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2193/2006-169?casa_token=MZkT9-CaVjcAAAAA:IjrftKi_2zBRcJMDUNcOvZakkrW3P6rseSz2tuPt1IE1G1d0yGtuUk4ncHBly_2GFVA9lzwIG1WBpeOx

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Connect The Coast Linking Wildlife Across New Hampshire's Seacoast And Beyond


2006 to 2016
Summary

Connect The Coast used spatial models to identify connecting lands for wildlife across the 10-mile buffered portion of the Piscataqua-Salmon Falls watershed that drains through New Hampshire.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Peter Steckler , Dea Brickner-Wood

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter, Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Steckler, P and Brickner-Wood, D. 2019. "Connect The Coast final report." The Nature Conservancy and the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership. Concord, NH.

Source Link

https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/nh-connect-the-coast-report.pdf

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Keeping working forests available for wildlife


2013
Summary

This pamphlet outlines the importance of connected landscapes for wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Monica Erhart

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont, New York

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

species richness, habitat, working forests

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Erhart, M. (2013). Staying Connected, Keeping Working Forests Available for Wildlife. Staying Connected Initiative. Retrieved from http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/keeping_forests_connected.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/keeping_forests_connected.pdf

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Research and Conservation of the New England Cottontail Rabbit (Final Report for the Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of New Hampshire)


2013 to 2016
Summary

This article is a summary of work done by Dr. Adrienne Kovach and affiliates on the impacts of habitat fragmentation on the New England cottontail. Dr. Kovach and her affiliates' research has helped conservationists determine where New England cottontail populations are located, better methodologies to survey for New England cottontails, what the genetic structure of different populations is, and how habitat fragmentation can have negative effects on the genetic diversity and health of New England cottontails. Links to the report and other research articles can be found at the bottom of this summary article: https://newenglandcottontail.org/content/connecting-populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Lindsey Fenderson , Adrienne Kovach, Kathleen O'Brien, Kelly Boland, Walter Jakubas, Katrina Amaral, Michael Palace, Thea Kristensen

Institutions: University of New Hampshire , US Fish & Wildlife Service , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Location

Maine, Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Kovach, A. (2016). Final Report for the Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serice and the University of New Hampshire (#F13AC00103).

Source Link

https://newenglandcottontail.org/content/connecting-populations

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Conserving wildlife in Maine's developing landscape


2000
Summary

This report outlines the current state of Maine's forest habitats and potential future conditions.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Barbara Charry

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

Cumberland, York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, mollusks, reptiles, education, outreach, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Charry, B. (2000). Conserving Wildlife in Maine's Developing Landscape. Maine Audubon Society. Available at http://www.maineaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MEAud-Conserving-Wildlife-Developing-Landscape.pdf

Source Link

http://www.maineaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MEAud-Conserving-Wildlife-Developing-Landscape.pdf

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Connectivity areas and habitat blocks


2011
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Map

Tags

wildlife, corridors, wildlife connectivity, wildlife connectivity planning

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (2011). Connectivity Areas and Habitat Blocks - A Regional Perspective [map]. Retrieved from http://216.92.98.160/assets/_15connectivityarea_habitatblocks.pdf

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/_15connectivityarea_habitatblocks.pdf

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Habitat connectivity in Brandon, VT


2011
Summary

Map identiying connecting habitat between large habitat blocks

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Pittsfield, Brandon

Resource Type

Map

Tags

wildlife, corridors, wildlife connectivity planning, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Marangelo, P. (2011). Habitat Connectivity, Brandon, VT. Staying Connected Initiative. Available at http://216.92.98.160/assets/brandonconnectivityhabitatblocks11_2011.pdf

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/brandonconnectivityhabitatblocks11_2011.pdf

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Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game


Summary

This website provides information about the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. (n.d.). Available at https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-fish-and-game

Source Link

http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/

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Planning: A Key Step Towards Protecting Forest and Wildlife Resources - Act 171 Guidance


2018
Summary

Act 171 amended Vermont Planning Statutes to encourage and allow municipalities to address protection of forest blocks and habitat connectors, while also supporting the local forest products industry. After January 1, 2018, municipalities seeking to have their plans approved by their Regional Planning Commission must include additional information on the future land use map and language that identifies state, regional or locally significant forest blocks and habitat connectors. The plan may also include specific policies on how the community will take steps to reduce forest fragmentation, enhance forest health, and support essential ecological functions.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Julie Moore

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Policy

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Moore, J. "Act 171 Guidance - Planning: A Key Step Towards Protecting Forest and Wildlife Resources." Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, March 2018, Accessed from https://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/co/planning/documents/guidance/Act171Guidance.pdf

Source Link

https://anr.vermont.gov/sites/anr/files/co/planning/documents/guidance/Act171Guidance.pdf

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Effects of habitat features and landscape composition on the population structure of a common aquatic turtle in a region undergoing rapid development


2000 to 2001
Summary

Using a geographic information system and live trapping of turtles, the authors compared the proportion of males, the proportion of adults, and the relative abundance of turtles in 37 ponds to understand the demography of a common aquatic turtle (Chrysemys picta) along a gradient of urbanization in southeastern New Hampshire. They found that turtle abundance increased as the distance to neighboring wetlands decreased and the amount of nesting habitat near pond edges increased.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Marchand

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford, Rockingham

Resource Type

Article

Tags

demography, fragmentation, aquatic organisms, road crossings, turtles

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Marchand, M.N. & Litvaitis, J.A. (2004). Effects of habitat features and landscape composition on the population structure of a common aquatic turtle in a region undergoing rapid development. Conservation Biology, 18(3), 758-767.

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00019.x

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Massachusetts Audubon


Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Massachusetts Audubon

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, wildlife, advocacy, education, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Mass Audubon. (n.d.). Available at https://www.massaudubon.org

Source Link

http://www.massaudubon.org

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State efforts to promote early-successional habitats on public and private lands in the northeastern United States


2003
Summary

State wildlife agencies are generally charged with conserving all native wildlife and their habitats within their respective state. However, some have suggested that state wildlife agencies in the region are not addressing the decline of early-successional wildlife and habitats sufficiently. This study investigated the extent to which 11 state agencies in this region are creating and maintaining early-successional habitats on public and private lands.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Oehler

Institutions: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Oehler J. D., "State efforts to promote early-successional habitats on public and private lands in the northeastern United States", v. 185, iss 1-2, p. 169-177, 3 November 2003, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00253-6

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002536

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Building for Birds: an online tool to evaluate how different development designs impact forest habitat


2017
Summary

The tool described in this essay helps city decision-makers evaluate how different development designs benefit or do not benefit different bird species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Hostetler

Institutions: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, habitat, birds, wildlife, management, ecosystems

Topic Tags

landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Hostetler, M., & Archer, J. M. (2017, January 11). Building for Birds: An Online Tool to Evaluate How Different Development Designs Impact Forest Bird Habitat. The Nature of Cities. Available at https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2017/01/11/building-birds-new-online-tool-evaluate-different-development-designs-impact-forest-bird-habitat/

Source Link

https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2017/01/11/building-birds-new-online-tool-evaluate-different-development-designs-impact-forest-bird-habitat/

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Staying Connected Initiative


Summary

This website provides information about the Staying Connected Initiative.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

communities, community patterns, wildlife connectivity, wildlife habitat, wildlife movement

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (n.d.) Available at http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org

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Terrestrial habitat use by nesting painted turtles in landscapes with different levels of fragmentation


2001
Summary

To understand the demography of aquatic turtles to landuse change, the authors investigated the nesting habitats used by adult female painted turtles (Chrysemys picta).

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: E. Baldwin

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford, Rockingham

Resource Type

Article

Tags

habitat, reptiles, fragmentation, aquatic organisms, breeding, road crossings, turtles

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Baldwin, E.A., Marchand, M.N., & Litvaitis, J.A. (2004). Terrestrial habitat use by nesting painted turtles in landscapes with different levels of fragmentation. Northeastern Naturalist, 11(1), 41-48.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3858541

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Habitat features associated with predation of New England cottontails: what scale is appropriate?


1990 to 1993
Summary

The authors examined habitat features at several spatial scales that were associated with predation of New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) by mammalian carnivores. They found that the perimeter-to-area ratio of an occupied patch, the amount of disturbed habitat within 0.5 km of a patch, and the amount of coniferous forest within 1 km of a patch were greater for killed rabbits than for those that survived.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: A. Brown

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford

Resource Type

Article

Tags

roads, rabbits, fragmentation, connectivity, landscape genetics, new england cottontail

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Brown, A.L., & Litvaitis, J.A. (1995). Habitat features associated with predation of New England cottontails: what scale is appropriate?. Canadian journal of zoology, 73(6), 1005-1011.

Source Link

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z95-120#.WyqFKKdKiUk

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Forest Fragmentation Threatens Bird Diversity


2018
Summary

Scientists note that habitat fragmentation is the biggest threat to the health of mature forests. Ron Krupp explains how this negatively effects bird diversity.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ron Krupp

Institutions: Vermont Public Radio

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

diversity, birds, threats

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Krupp, R. "Forest Fragmentation Threatens Bird Diversity" Vermont Public Radio, 26 June, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.vpr.org/programs/2018-06-26/forest-fragmentation-threatens-bird-diversity)

Source Link

https://www.vpr.org/programs/2018-06-26/forest-fragmentation-threatens-bird-diversity

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An enduring place: wildlife and people in the Worcester Range through the Northeastern Highlands


2012
Summary

This report outlines the key habitat features that make the Worcester Range and Northeastern Highlands region important to Vermont's people and animals.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Tom Slayton

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , National Wildlife Federation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, habitat connectivity, northeastern highlands, worcester range

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Slayton, T. (2012). An enduring place: wildlife and people in the Worcester Range through the Northeastern Highlands. Staying Connected Initative.

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/enduringplacefinal.pdf

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Why forest fragmentation risks mass extinctions


2015
Summary

This article outlines the risk of extinction that fragmented forests face throughout North America and South America.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Edwards

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

wildlife, disturbance, education, forest patch, threats

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Edwards, D. (2015, March 23). Why forest fragmentation risks mass extinctions. Available at https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/why-forest-fragmentation-risks-mass-extinctions/

Source Link

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/03/why-forest-fragmentation-risks-mass-extinctions/

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Passumpsic Valley Land Trust


Summary

This website provides information about the Passumsic Valley Land Trust (PVLT).

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

St. Johnsbury

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, forestland conservation, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Passumpsic Valley Land Trust. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://pvlt.org/

Source Link

http://www.pvlt.org/

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Conservation status of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the Northeast landscape


2011
Summary

In 2008, the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and its partners developed a multi-state monitoring framework to take stock of the condition and conservation of the species and habitats that characterize the region. Building on the 2008 report, this report is the first attempt to implement the recommendations of the monitoring framework.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Anderson, Arlene Olivero Sheldon

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, resource management, policy

Topic Tags

conservation, management

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Anderson, M.G. & Olivero Sheldon, A. (2011). Conservation status of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the Northeast landscape. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science.289 p.

Source Link

http://rcngrants.org/sites/default/files/final_reports/Conservation-Status-of-Fish-Wildlife-and-Natural-Habitats.pdf

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Threatened species and forest fragmentation


2010
Summary

This map provides locations of threatened species along with areas of forest fragmentation

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Data Basin

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Map

Tags

endangered species, wildlife, habitat threats, landcover, risk assesment, threats, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Conservation Biology Institute. (2010). Threatened Species and Forest Fragmentation, Northeast US [map]. Retrieved from https://databasin.org/maps/1177a5b4fec4470e829e29cf575527a3/active

Source Link

https://databasin.org/maps/1177a5b4fec4470e829e29cf575527a3/active

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The Northern Connector


2011
Summary

A guide for landowner to maintaining a connected landscape for wildlife between the northern Green Mountains and the Sutton Mountains of Quebec and beyond by the Staying Connected Initiative.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

wildlife, landuse planning, habitat connectivity, land management, landscape connectivity

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative.(2011). Staying Connected in: The Northern Connector. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_11ngs_landowner_management_brochure2_11-30-11.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/_11ngs_landowner_management_brochure2_11-30-11.pdf

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Effects of ice storm-created gaps on forest breeding bird communities in central Vermont


1994 to 1998
Summary

The author investigated the short-term effects of the 1998 ice storm on breeding birds in a northern hardwood forest in central Vermont. Overall, species richness and diversity increased only at ice storm sites, whereas total abundance increased at controls.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steven Faccio

Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forest disturbance, birds, forest management, wildlife

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Faccio, S.D. (2003). Effects of ice storm-created gaps on forest breeding bird communities in central Vermont. Forest Ecology and Management, 186(1), pp.133-145.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002329

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Sex-biased habitat selection by American marten in the Acadian Forest


2022
Summary

For wildlife dependent on mature forest living in managed landscapes, habitat loss from land use can outpace habitat recovery from forest regrowth, challenging persistence of habitat specialists. For some species, the effects of habitat loss or fragmentation may also differ between sexes when physiological or behavioral differences influence space use.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Erin Simons-Legaard, Daniel Harrison

Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology , The University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Simons-Legaard E., Harrison D., Hepinstall-Cymerman J., Payer D., "Sex-biased habitat selection by American marten in the Acadian Forest", Landscape Ecology, 8 September 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01508-7

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-022-01508-7

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Effects of small-scale habitat disturbance on the ecology of breeding birds in a Vermont (USA) hardwood forest


1995
Summary

The authors studied territory placement and foraging behavior of breeding birds in relation to juxtaposition of forest vegetation and logged patches in southern Vermont. They found that different bird species used disturbed vegetation at differing spatial scales, depending on territory size.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard Lent

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forest disturbance, birds, wildlife, fragmentation

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Lent, R.A. & Capen, D.E. (1995). Effects of small-scale habitat disturbance on the ecology of breeding birds in a Vermont (USA) hardwood forest. Ecography 18: 97-108.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3682757.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A49578939eb13d4b88886915ee5b46a2f

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Observations of habitat associations in boreal forest birds and the geographic variation in bird community composition


2019
Summary

The authors described regional variation in boreal bird community composition to understand how climate change may affect the boreal avian community.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jeremy Kirchman, Jeremy Kirchman , Joel Ralston, Alyssa FitzGerald, Sara Scanga , Sara Scanga

Institutions: Saint Mary's College, The State University of New York (SUNY), New York State Museum, Utica College

Location

No location information available

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Article

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Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.wjoonline.org/doi/abs/10.1676/18-14

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Consequences of forest fragmentation for juvenile survival in spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and marbled (Ambystoma opacum) salamanders


2005
Summary

This study compared demographic traits of post metamorphic salamanders among old fields, forest interior, and edge habitats over 2 years in order to observe the consequences of forest fragmentation on these salamanders.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Betsie B. Rothermel , Raymond D. Semlitsch

Institutions: University of Missouri

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

salamanders

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Rothermel, B.B.; Semlitsch, R.D. "Consequences of Forest Fragmentation for Juvenile Survival in Spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and Marbled (Ambystoma opacum) salamanders." Canadian journal of Zoology, 11 July 2006, Accessed from (https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z06-056#.XoSlMohKiUk)

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112706000983

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Rhode Island's Wildlife Action Plan


2015
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Terwilliger Consulting , The Nature Conservancy, Rhode Island

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management "Rhode Island Wildlife Action Plan" 2015, Accessed from http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/wildlifehuntered/swap15.php

Source Link

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/wildlifehuntered/swap15.php

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2015 Vermont Forest Fragmentation Report


2015
Summary

This report focuses on the issue arising in fragmentation in Vermont from the years of land-use and deforestation. With a vast majority of the land privately and publicly owned by residents, foretes have isolated from one another and lost their enrichment of wildlife and tree species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Snyder

Institutions: Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

water quality, wildlife, fragmentation, advocacy, decision making, edge effects, parcelization, policy

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, policy

Citation

Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. (2015). 2015 Vermont Forest Fragmentation Report. Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. 62 p.

Source Link

https://fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/About_the_Department/News/Library/FOREST%20FRAGMENTATION_FINAL_rev06-03-15.pdf

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New England Forestry Foundation


Summary

This website provides information about the New England Forestry Foundation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: New England Forestry Foundation

Location

New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

communities, education, new england forests, stewardship, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

New England Forestry Foundation. (n.d.). Available at https://newenglandforestry.org/

Source Link

http://newenglandforestry.org/

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Northern Rivers Land Trust


Summary

This website provides information about the Northern Rivers Land Trust.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northern Rivers Land Trust

Location

Hardwick

Resource Type

Website

Tags

agriculture, conservation, forestland conservation, conservation easements, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Northern Rivers Land Trust. (n.d.). Available at http://www.northernriverslandtrust.org/

Source Link

http://www.northernriverslandtrust.org/

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Climate Change and Biodiversity in Maine: Vulnerability of Habitats and Priority Species


2004 to 2014
Summary

A report of the vulnerability assessment of Maine's species and habitats, the relationship between species vulnerability and Maine Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy ( ME SWCS), to provide information to Maine natural resource managers and policy makers and to facilitate the incorporation of climate change information into upcoming revisions of ME SWCS.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Andrew Whitman , Andrew Cutko , Phillip DeMaynadier , Steve Walker , Barbara Vickery , Sally Stockwell , Robert Houston

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Audubon Society , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife , Maine Department of Agriculture, Concervation and Forestry , Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences , Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

climate change, assessment, natural resources

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Whitman, A.; Cutko, A.; deMaynadier, P.; Walker, S.; Vickery, B.; Stockwell, S.; Houston, R. 2014. "Climate Change and Biodiversity in Maine: Vulnerability of Habitats and Priority Species, Manoment Center for Conservation Sciences." Accessed From (https://www.manomet.org/wp-content/uploads/old-files/2013 BwH Vulnerability Report CS5v7_0.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.manomet.org/wp-content/uploads/old-files/2013 BwH Vulnerability Report CS5v7_0.pdf

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Eastern Deciduous Forest, Second Edition: Ecology and Wildlife Conservation


2005
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard H. Yahner

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, School of Forest Resources

Location

New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Yahner, R. H. "Eastern Deciduous Forests, Second Edition: Ecology and Wildlife Conservation." June 5, 2000. Buy online at https://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Deciduous-Forest-Second-Conservation/dp/0816633606

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsrbh

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Effects of forest fragmentation on tri-trophic interactions


2022
Summary

As has been seen more generally with habitat specialist species, this study observed that more fragmented forest harbors fewer dietary specialist caterpillars relative to dietary generalist caterpillars. This project tests several alternative hypothetical mechanisms for this pattern.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael S. Singer

Institutions: Wesleyan University

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Singer M., "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Tri-Trophic Interactions", Wesleyan University, Accessed from: https://msinger.faculty.wesleyan.edu/enemy-free-space-and-caterpillar-diet-breadth/

Source Link

https://msinger.faculty.wesleyan.edu/enemy-free-space-and-caterpillar-diet-breadth/

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Factors Affecting the Persistence of New England Cottontail Metapopulations: The Role of Habitat Management


1996
Summary

This study used computer simulations in the context of metapopulation theory to understand the effects of environmental correlation, habitat loss, and habitat management on remaining populations of New England cottontails.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John Litvaitis, Rafael Villafuerte

Institutions: The Wildlife Society

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

habitat loss, new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3783159?seq=1

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Effect of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity and composition in northern hardwoods of New Hampshire


1989 to 1990
Summary

The objective was to determine the effects of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity and composition in an extensively forested landscape, the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. The authors found that bird species diversity was greater on managed than on reserved areas, and there were no species unique to reserved areas.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christopher Welsh

Institutions: The Wildlife Society

Location

Coos, Carroll

Resource Type

Article

Tags

timber harvest, edge habitat, neotropical migrants

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Welsh, C.J. & Healy, W.M. (1993). Effect of even-aged timber management on bird species diversity and composition in northern hardwoods of New Hampshire. Wildlife Society Bulletin, pp.143-154.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3782916.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A340771089c7a3322a0d2ec7093060abd

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The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas


2017 to 2018
Summary

Amphibian monitoring at Mt. Mansfield provides locally intensive data on a subset of amphibian species. While these data are particularly valuable and allow for an observation of year-to-year population changes of the monitored species at Mt. Mansfield and provide local information on abnormalities, and natural history, they do not allow for the observation of more widespread changes in the distribution and/or natural history (calling times, migration dates, etc.) of the full range of reptiles and amphibians statewide. Nor do they allow for observations of changes in forest health, or the impacts of forest fragmentation and consumption on a larger scale. In addition, there is a real need to get reptile and amphibian natural history and management information out to a wide variety of landowners and land managers as well as other natural resource professionals.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Andrews

Institutions: Vermont Family Forests, Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

reptiles, amphibian, mt. mansfield

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Andrews, J. S. "The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas." 4 February 2018, Accessed from https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/349/Annual_Atlas_Report_for_FEMC,_2017.pdf

Source Link

https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/349/Annual_Atlas_Report_for_FEMC,_2017.pdf

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The role of spatial scale in understanding responses of medium-sized carnivores to forest fragmentation


1993
Summary

The authors incorporated a multiscaled approach (using site, plot, and landscape) to investigate the distribution of activity of medium-sized carnivores relative to habitat edges and the numeric responses of these predators to habitat diversity. They found that populations of generalist predators (raccoons and wild canids) increased as landscapes became more diverse.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Oehler

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford

Resource Type

Article

Tags

land use, wildlife, carnivores, canids, generalist predators, habitat edges, human-dominanted habitats

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Oehler, J.D. & Litvaitis, J.A. (1996). The role of spatial scale in understanding responses of medium-sized carnivores to forest fragmentation. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74(11), 2070-2079.

Source Link

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z96-235

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Synthesis of the conservation value of the early-successional stage in forests of eastern North America


2014
Summary

As a result of changes in natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes, the extent of early-successional forest across much of eastern North American is near historic lows, and continues to decline. This has caused many scientists to identify the conservation of early-successional species as a high priority. This synthesis discusses the conservation implications of this loss of early-successional habitats using examples from the literature on songbirds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David King

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

King D. I., Schlossberg S., "Synthesis of the conservation value of the early-successional stage in forests of eastern North America", Forest Ecology and Management, v. 324, 15 July 2014, p. 186-195, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.001

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112713007949?casa_token=lLVAukIhS2sAAAAA:hKeJLc_8ZmuK_-Ijq8szDaNWtnrfRRL3X17GYOccsnGshT88NyG26iGcYDfUMZYvh-tKxtlUlR4

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New England-Acadian Forests


2021
Summary

This article is an extensive overview of the New England-Acadian forests that span New England and the Eastern Townships and the Beauce regions of Quebec and 50 percent of New Brunswick.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: World Wildlife Fund

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Davis, M., Gratton, L., Adams, J., Goltz, J., Stewart, C., Buttrick, S., Zinger, N., Kavanagh, K., Sims, M., Mann, G. "New England-Acadian Forests" World Wildlife Fund, 2021. Accessed from (https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410)

Source Link

https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/na0410

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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW


2020
Summary

A preliminary assessment involves staff review of known wildlife and fisheries resources of interest and the potential for these resources to occur in the project area or adjacent properties. The department provides a preliminary response indicating the potential for impacts and/or request further on-site investigation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Development Review" Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, 2020, Accessed from https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/development-review

Source Link

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/conserve/development-review

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National Council for Air and Stream Improvement: Fragmentation in the Boreal Forest and Possible Effects on Terrestrial Wildlife


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Chris Wedeles , Darren J. H. Sleep

Institutions: Arborvitae Environmental Service , National Council for Air and Stream Improvement

Location

Maine, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

boreal

Topic Tags

methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Wedeles, C.; Sleep, D.J.H. December 2008. "Fragmentation in the Boreas Forest and Possible Effects on Terrestrial Wildlife, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement." Accessed From (https://www.ncasi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tb959.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.ncasi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/tb959.pdf

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2014
Summary

This article is an overview of chapter 2 of the 2015 RI Wildlife Action Plan. This chapter of the plan focuses on wildlife habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Providential Gardner

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://providentialgardener.typepad.com/providential_gardener/2014/11/rhode-islands-wildlife-habitats.html

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The effects of urbanization on carnivores in the New York metropolitan area


2019
Summary

It is necessary to examine the effects of urbanization and associated habitat fragmentation on the spatial ecology of predators, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding and formulate a proactive approach towards biodiversity protection in such areas. This study observed patterns of occurrence and activity of carnivores in four preserves in metropolitan the New York and New Jersey region.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jillian R. Stark , Matthew Aiello-Lammens , Melissa M. Grigione

Institutions: Pace University

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

carnivores, urbanization

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-019-00923-0

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Long-term Outcomes and Tradeoffs of Forest Policy and Management Practices on the Broad-Scale Sustainability of Forest Resources: Wood Supply, Carbon, and Wildlife Habitat


2013
Summary

This study uses designed scenarios to compare the current harvest regime in Maine, characterized by a reliance on partial harvesting, to the regime that was present prior to forest policy change in the early 1990's, which included more clearcutting but fewer total acreage harvested anually. Simulations allowed us to address the hypothesis that management strategies that include very limited even-aged management and extensive partial harvesting in a predominantly spruce-fir forest will result in timber harvesting rates that are unsustainable, reduced forest carbon stocks, and negative impacts on wildlife habitats.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Andrew Lister , Erin Simons-Legaard, Kasey Legaard, Jeremy Wilson , Steve Sader , Brian Stuartevant

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , Harris Center for Conservation Education

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

timber, harvest

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Simons-Legaard, E.; Legaard, K.; Wilson, J.; Sader, S.; Lister, A.; Sturtevant, B. "Long-term Outcomes and Tradeoffs of Forest Policy and Management Practices on the Broad-Scale Sustainability of Forest Resources: Wood Supply, Carbon, and Wildlife Habitat." 31 July 2013, Accessed from https://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/simons-legaard10full.pdf

Source Link

https://nsrcforest.org/sites/default/files/uploads/simons-legaard10full.pdf

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Impacts of forest fragmentation on species richness: a hierarchical approach to community modelling


2006 to 2007
Summary

The authors developed a hierarchical model to assess the community response of breeding birds in the Hudson River Valley, New York, to habitat fragmentation and analysed the model using a Bayesian approach. The model revealed that species richness of the observed bird community was maximized in small forest fragments with a high perimeter/area ratio.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Elise Zipkin , Amielle DeWan , Andrew Royle

Institutions: Cornell University, Hudson River Estuary Program , United States Geological Survey (USGS), Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Location

Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester

Resource Type

Article

Tags

biodiversity, species richness, fragmentation, occupancy modeling, hierarchical modeling, imperfect detection

Topic Tags

methods, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Zipkin, E.F., DeWan, A. & Andrew Royle, J. (2009). Impacts of forest fragmentation on species richness: a hierarchical approach to community modelling. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46(4), pp.815-822.

Source Link

https://blogs.cornell.edu/hudsonbiodiversity/files/2016/10/Zipkin_DeWan_Royle_2009-1i83ib0.pdf

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Avian Richness Increases following Group-Selection Timber Harvests in West-Central New Hampshire


2021
Summary

Following timber harvests, this study observed changes in avian richness and abundance and vegetation structure at both sites compared to preharvest conditions. It also documented differences in arthropod diversity and habitat usage of 6 target songbird species at the Canaan, NH site 8- and 9-years after harvest.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Plymouth State University

Location

Canaan

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Reitsma L., "Avian richness increases following group-selection timber harvests in west-central New Hampshire", 27 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.proquest.com/openview/73569ff6b02c123e547c7d86832feca3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Source Link

https://www.proquest.com/openview/73569ff6b02c123e547c7d86832feca3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

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Bumble bee (Bombus) distribution and diversity in Vermont, USA: a century of change


1915 to 2018
Summary

Certain bumble bee species, all of which are important pollinators in temperate ecosystems, have been declining due to factors including habitat loss, parasites, pesticides, and climate change. Conservation efforts for these species are difficult, as there is a lack of quantitative data on historical abundance and distrubution. The authors, with the help of 53 citizen scientists, conducted bumble bee surveys in Vermont and identified and digitized bumble bee speciments in 13 collections, showing a trend of srong decline in species abundance, diversity, and richness.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kent McFarland , Leif Richardson , Spencer Hardy, Sara Zahendra

Institutions: University of Vermont , Vermont Center for Ecostudies, VCE , Middlebury College

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618311927

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Fitter frogs from polluted ponds: The complex impacts of human?altered environments


2014 to 2018
Summary

Contrary to expectations, this study reports surprising benefits experienced by amphibian populations breeding and dwelling in proximity to roads. It shows that roadside populations of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, exhibit better locomotor performance and higher measures of traits related to fitness compared with frogs from less disturbed environments located further away from roads. These results contrast previous evidence for maladaptation in roadside populations of wood frogs studied elsewhere. These results indicate that altered habitats might not be unequivocally detrimental and at times might contribute to metapopulation success. While the frequency of such beneficial outcomes remains unknown, their occurrence underscores the complexity of inferring consequences of environmental change.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steven P. Brady , Francisco J. Zamora_Camacho , Fredrik A. A. Eriksson , Debora Goedert , Mar Comas , Ryan Calsbeek

Institutions: Dartmouth College , Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC)

Location

Vermont, Norwich

Resource Type

Article

Tags

amphibians

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Brady, S. P.; Zamora-Camacho, F. J.; Eriksson, F. A. A.; Goedert, D.; Comas, M.; Calsbeek, R. "Fitter Frogs From Polluted Ponds: The Complex Impacts of Human-Altered Environments." Ecolutionary Applications, Ecolutionary Approaches to Environmental. Biomedical and Socio-Economic Issues, vol. 12, issue 7, Special issue: Maladaptation in Applied Evolution, 12 December 2018, pp. 1360-1370. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12751

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eva.12751

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Forest Core BioMap2


2010
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, The Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

forests

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Forest Core, BioMap2 Components", 2010, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Accessed from (https://www.mass.gov/doc/forest-core/download)

Source Link

https://www.mass.gov/doc/forest-core/download

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Protecting Habitat in Downeast Maine


2005 to 2014
Summary

More than half of the Maine Woods has changed ownership in the last two decades, and natural landscapes are threatened with conversion to small private landholdings. In response to these threats, local community leaders and conservation organizations had begun forming partnerships aimed at protecting these landscapes on a massive scale.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: National Fish and WIldlife Foundation

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

protection

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, policy

Citation

"Protecting Habitat in Downeast Maine" National Fish And Wildlife Foundation, Accessed from (https://www.nfwf.org/media-center/featured-stories/protecting-habitat-downeast-maine)

Source Link

https://www.nfwf.org/media-center/featured-stories/protecting-habitat-downeast-maine

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Hotspots of land-use change in global biodiversity hotspots


2021
Summary

Land-use conversion from natural areas to agriculture and human settlements is causing global biodiversity loss. The authors proposed a human land-use disturbance index (LDI) to assess habitat loss and fragmentation in global biodiversity hotspots from 1992 to 2015. Negative (LDI > 1) and positive (LDI < 1) impacts on habitat were observed in 30 and 6 biodiversity hotspots, respectively. The hotspots with a relatively small proportional area of nature-dominated land were more likely to face habitat loss.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Kong X., Zhou Z., Jiao L., "Hotspots of land-use change in global biodiversity hotspots", Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 174, November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105770

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921344921003797

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The Potential Role of Nematode Parasites in Wildlife Decline: Evidence from Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister), Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) and Now the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)


2022
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Mahan C., Steele M., "The Potential Role of Nematode Parasites in Wildlife Decline: Evidence from Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister), Northern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) and Now the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)", 3 March 2022, 10.5772/intechopen.103119

Source Link

https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/80701

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New England and Northern New York Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the New England Climate Change Response Framework Project


2018
Summary

This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of forest ecosystems across the New England region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, northern New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) under a range of future climates. We synthesizes and summarizes information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and described a range of projected future climates. This information was used to parameterize and run multiple vegetation impact models, which provided a range of potential vegetative responses to climate. Finally, these results were brought before a multidisciplinary panel of scientists and natural resource professionals familiar with the forests of this region to assess ecosystem vulnerability through a formal consensus-based expert elicitation process.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Anthony D'Amato , Frank Thompson , Maria K. Janowiak , Christopher W. Swanson , Louis Iverson , William D. Dijak , Stephen Matthews , Matthew P. Peters , Anantha M. Prasad

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/55635

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Artificial Nest Predation Dynamics Along a Forest Fragmentation Gradient: A Preliminary Analysis


2008
Summary

The objective of this study was to examine artificial nest predation dynamics along a fragmentation gradient (farm woodlots, logged forest stands and contiguous forest) in the conifer dominated Boreal Mixedwood.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Keith Hobson, Erin Bayne

Institutions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Saskatoon , University of Saskatchewan, Department of Biology

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

predation, artificial nests

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Bayne, E., Hobson, K. "Artificial Nest Predation Dynamics Along a Forest Fragmentation Gradient: A Preliminary Analysis" Journal of Sustainable Forestry, V. 5, 1997, Issue 1-2, 17 October 2008. https://doi.org/10.1300/J091v05n01_06

Source Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J091v05n01_06

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Fragmentation: Hartford, Vermont


2019
Summary

This article focuses on giving information on fragmentation, how it impacts wildlife habitat, the different landscape patterns and their faults and ways to combat these issues.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Hartford Conservation Comission

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

"Fragmentation: Hartford, Vermont" Hartford Conservation Commission, Accessed from https://www.hartford-vt.org/DocumentCenter/View/187/Fragmentation-PDF

Source Link

https://www.hartford-vt.org/DocumentCenter/View/187/Fragmentation-PDF

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How Climate Change is Impacting Maine's Forests & Industries that Depend on Them


2020
Summary

This article is an overview of the impacts of climate change on many aspects of Maine's forests. These changes are climate, forests and wildlife, global warming, air pollution, etc.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Strum M., "How Climate Change is Impacting Maine's Forests & Industries that Depend on Them" Forests and Wildlife, 10 September 2020, Accessed from: https://www.nrcm.org/blog/climate-change-impacting-maine-forests/

Source Link

https://www.nrcm.org/blog/climate-change-impacting-maine-forests/

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The environmental consequences of forest fragmentation in the Western Maine Mountains


2018
Summary

The author explains forest fragmentation in the context of Maine's forests, detailing drivers and impacts of fragmentation on Maine's landscape and wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Janet McMahon

Institutions: Maine Mountain Collaborative

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

McMahon, J. (2018). The Environmental Consequences of FOREST FRAGMENTATION in the Western Maine Mountains.

Source Link

https://mainemountaincollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Environmental-Consequences-Forest-Fragmentation-2019-01-08-Web.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0qmGEg9_4_0Qi5ZgHdHbZP46D0WW2miycgkX4fMhWJorXYkgXrra1DB-o

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Special Features Overlay Zones (Section 208)


2013
Summary

The Special Features Overlay Zones are superimposed over all underlying zoning districts, and include Wetlands, Deer Wintering Areas, Wellhead Protection Areas, Meadowlands, Steep Slopes, Ridgelines, and Wildlife Corridors.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Policy

Tags

landuse planning, community based planning, habitat conservation

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management, policy

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (n.d.) Section 208: Special Features Overlay Zones. Available at http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/typo3/Publications/SECTION 208.pdf

Source Link

https://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Special-Features-Overlay-Zone.pdf

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Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northwest?


1988
Summary

This is a compilation of papers from the technical session sponsored by the Wildlife and Fish Ecology Working Group Society of American Foresters' Annual Convention on October 19, 1988 in Rochester, NY.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf , William M. Healy

Location

Rochester

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

DeGraaf R. M., Healy W. M., "Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northwest?", 19 October 1988, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vIQOyw-uScUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=fA1aWv6y-O&sig=83_lkpSRZeV_qKnoMDm_Z7RBg8w#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vIQOyw-uScUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=fA1aWv6y-O&sig=83_lkpSRZeV_qKnoMDm_Z7RBg8w#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Physiological responses by lagomorphs to resource limitations imposed by habitat fragmentation: implications to condition-sensitive predation


1994
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Peter Vickery , Malcolm Hunter, Scott Melvin

Institutions: University of Maine , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Location

Cumberland, Hancock, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington, York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

grasslands, breeding birds, early successional

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Vickery, P. D., Hunter, M. L., & Melvin, S. M. (1994). Effects of Habitat Area on the Distribution of Grassland Birds in Maine. Conservation Biology. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041087.x

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041087.x

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A global analysis of traits predicting species sensitivity to habitat fragmentation


2008 to 2018
Summary

The authors used generalized linear mixed-effect models in an information theoretic framework to assess the factors that explained species presence in remnant habitat patches. They found that the size of remnant habitat patches was the most important driver of species presence indicating that habitat relationships were more important than life history characteristics in predicting the effects of fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Douglas Keinath, Daniel Doak, Karen Hodges

Institutions: University of Colorado , US Fish and Wildlife Service , The University of British Columbia, Department of Biology

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds, vertebrates, fragmentation, patch size

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Keinath, D.A., Doak, D.F., Hodges, K.E., Prugh, L.R., Fagan, W., Sekercioglu, C.H., Buchart, S.H. and Kauffman, M. (2017). A global analysis of traits predicting species sensitivity to habitat fragmentation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26(1), pp.115-127.

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.12509

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Notheast Wilderness Trust


Summary

The need to permanently protect wild lands and waters has never been greater. The Northeast Wilderness Trust is meeting this challenge, working with private landowners and other partners to save wildlife habitat from the Adirondacks to Maine.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northeast Wilderness Trust

Location

Montpelier

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, northeastern forests

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Northeast Wilderness Trust. (n.d.). Available athttp://www.newildernesstrust.org/

Source Link

http://www.newildernesstrust.org/

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Forest Community Connections


2008
Summary

Focusing primarily on the United States, this book examines the ways that social scientists work with communities, their role in facilitating social learning, informing policy decisions, and contributing to community well being.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ellen Donoghue , Victoria Sturtevant

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

communities

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, ecosystem services, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Donoghue, E., Sturtevant, V. "Forest Community Connections: Implications for Research, Management, and Governance". First edition, 8 December, 2008. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781936331451

Source Link

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Forest-Community-Connections:-Implications-for-and-Donoghue-Sturtevant/8f1ba602b2d8db6eef9dcc631f97fd0216df6789

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Effects of small forest openings on the breeding bird community in a Vermont hardwood forest


1991 to 1992
Summary

The authors examined the response of a forest bird community to the presence of small openings created by patch clear-cutting 0.4-ha plots within an extensive northern hardwood forest. Overall, bird species diversity increased in forested areas containing small openings due to the addition of edge and open- area nesters, but several forest-interior species were adversely affected by the presence of openings.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Dave Capen , Stephen Germaine, Stephen Vessey, Stephen Germaine , Stephen Vessey

Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Bowling Green State University, Department of Biological Sciences

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds, forest management, wildlife, fragmentation

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

Germaine, S.S., Vessey, S.H. & Capen, D.E. (1997). Effects of small forest openings on the breeding bird community in a Vermont hardwood forest. Condor, pp.708-718.

Source Link

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v099n03/p0708-p0718.pdf

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A spatially hierarchical approach to systematic reserve design in the northern forest of New England


2001 to 2006
Summary

The author employed a hierarchically structured planning unit framework to a heuristic reserve design model for the northern forest of New England. Results of the reserve design models and landscape metrics indicated that a hierarchically structured planning-unit framework may lessen the trade-off between reserve connectivity and cost efficient feature representation, when compared to the three single-scale schemes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mischa Hey

Institutions: University of Vermont, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

community patterns, modeling, wildlife, connectivity, parcelization

Topic Tags

methods, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Hey, M.J. (2006). A Spatially Hierarchical Approach to Systematic Reserve Design in the Northern Forest of New England. MS Thesis, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Available at http://primo.uvm.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UVM&docid=UVM_VOYAGER1543535&context=L&search_scope=uvm_voyager&lang=en_US

Source Link

http://primo.uvm.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UVM&docid=UVM_VOYAGER1543535&context=L&search_scope=uvm_voyager&lang=en_US

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Habitat connectivity is a climate change adaptation strategy


2012
Summary

This poster explains what the Staying Connected Initiative and how habitat connectivity can help combat climate change.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

climate change mitigation, wildlife habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (2012). Staying Connected: Habitat Connectivity is a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Available at http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/habitat_connectivity_is_climate_change_adaptation_poster_2012.pdf

Source Link

http://www.stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/habitat_connectivity_is_climate_change_adaptation_poster_2012.pdf

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R.I. Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species


2017
Summary

This short article on WBUR outlines the problems with light pollution and forest fragmentation in the northeastern US.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Bill Eccleston

Institutions: Rhode Island Public Radio, New England News Collaborative

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Website

Tags

wildlife, development, connectivity, corridor, land conservation

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Brookins, A. (2017, October 9). R.I. Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species. WBUR News. Available at http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/10/09/rhode-island-power-plant-conservationists

Source Link

http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/10/09/rhode-island-power-plant-conservationists

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New Hampshire Towns of Gorham And Milan Expand Protection For Community Forests


2020
Summary

This article provides information on recent land purchases that will help to augment town revenue, while ensuring clean drinking water, protecting wildlife habitat, and providing enhanced recreational opportunities

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ann Simonelli

Institutions: The Conservation Fund

Location

Gorham, Milan, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Simonelli, A. "New Hampshire Towns of Gorham And Milan Expand Protection For Community Forests" The Conservation Fund, August 3, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.conservationfund.org/impact/press-releases/2278-community-forests-expand-protection-in-new-hampshire)

Source Link

https://www.conservationfund.org/impact/press-releases/2278-community-forests-expand-protection-in-new-hampshire

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BioMap2: Conserving the Biodoversity of Massachusetts in a Changing World


2010
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Henry Woolsey , Andrew Finton , James DeNormandie

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Massachusetts Audubon , Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, The Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Woolsey, H.; Finton, A.; DeNormandie, J.; "BioMap2: Conserving the Biodoversity of Massachusetts in a Changing World" 2010, Accessed from https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/wi/biomap2-summary-report.pdf

Source Link

https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/wi/biomap2-summary-report.pdf

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2008
Summary

Information about the New England cottontail and how you can manage your land for habitat is included in this guide.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Margaret Arbuthnot

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service , United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

landowners, new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/8828_New-England-Cottontail-Guide_0.pdf

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How well do proxy species models inform conservation of surrogate species?


2021
Summary

This study evaluated the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC) proxy models of LC and represented species framework across 13 states in the northeastern United States from Virginia to Maine. It validated a suite of questions related to co-occurrence of proxy and represented species with a compilation of independent datasets.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Scott Schwenk , Daniel Harrison, Cynthia Loftin, Cynthia Loftin , Petra Wood , Zachary G. Loman , William V. Deluca

Institutions: North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation , Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01294-8

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How well do proxy species models inform conservation of surrogate species?


2021
Summary

This study evaluated the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC) proxy models of LC and represented species framework across 13 states in the northeastern United States from Virginia to Maine. It validated a suite of questions related to co-occurrence of proxy and represented species with a compilation of independent datasets.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Scott Schwenk , Daniel Harrison, Cynthia Loftin, Petra Wood , Zachary G. Loman , William V. Deluca

Institutions: University of Maine , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology , West Virginia University, West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01294-8

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Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Massachusetts


2016
Summary

Massachusetts has more than 3 million acres of forested land, and about 75% of that land is privately owned. This means that private landowners are positioned to be the most significant contributors to creating and maintaining habitat for forest birds and other wildlife.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Massachusetts Audubon

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

timber harvest, coarse woody debris, leaf litter, understory vegetation, forest management, forest birds, forest patch

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. (2018). Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Massachusetts. Available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwjig7OPpazeAhXRmeAKHeTiA7gQFjACegQIBhAC&url=https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/04/24/ma-management-guide-for-web.pdf&usg=AOvVaw39Tt0wBr4OOXZdh5P-NIUT

Source Link

https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/wildlife-research-conservation/forest-birds

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Resolution on Ecological Connectivity, Adaption to Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation


2016
Summary

This resolution outlines the many ways that ecological connectivity supports climate change resilience, forest health and wildlife health goals in the New England states and eastern Canadian provinces, and directs agencies within these jurisdictions to elevate ecological connectivity in the natural resource and transportation planning work.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New England

Resource Type

Policy

Tags

biodiversity, climate change resilience, landscape connectivity, transportation

Topic Tags

planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

policy

Citation

New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers. 2016. Resolution 40-3 : Resolution on Ecological Connectivity, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation

Source Link

https://www.coneg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/40-3-Ecological-Connectivity-EN.pdf

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2019
Summary

The article discusses the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) Powerline and the impacts this powerline could have on sensitive wildlife, as the porposed powerline path would cut the right-of-way through previously unfragmented swaths of forest in Maine.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Lori Valigra

Institutions: Bangor Daily News

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/04/02/business/how-cmps-1-billion-hydro-project-could-affect-habitat-in-a-wild-corner-of-maine/

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RI Coverts Project Introduction


2005 to 2018
Summary

Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area Council Inc. started the Rhode Island Coverts Program in Rhode Island to help woodland owners conserve their land and protect wildlife habitats in an effort to sustain forests and prevent further fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Rhode Island Resource Conservation & Development Area Council, Inc.

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area Council, Inc. "Rhode Island Coverts Project Introduction" 2018, Accessed from http://www.rircd.org/covertsprojectintroduction.htm

Source Link

http://www.rircd.org/covertsprojectintroduction.htm

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Resource management to rural residential: Tools to monitor parcelization in the Catskill Region of New York State


2014
Summary

This study documents the change in private, rural parcel dynamics from 2004 to 2010 in the Catskill region at the township scale. A parcel density map was developed to observe trends in distribution of small parcels.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Newman , Rene Germain , Cassandra N. Pinkoski , Avik Chatterjee , S. Scott Shannon

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)

Location

Catskill, New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

catskills

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Pinkoski, C. N. "Resource management to rural residential: Tools to monitor parcelization in the Catskill Region of New York State." April 2014, Accessed from https://search.proquest.com/openview/5f9644aa11e12e245f58cd97dc0d6a81/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Source Link

https://search.proquest.com/openview/5f9644aa11e12e245f58cd97dc0d6a81/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

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Trends in Massachusetts Forests: A Half-century of Change


1950 to 2002
Summary

An overview of Massachusetts forests quality based on data from the USDA Forest Service periodic inventories.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard H. Widmann

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Book

Tags

trends

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Widmann, R.H. 2002. "Trends in Massachusetts Forests: A Half-century of Change." Accessed From (https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKI0sqcTw4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKI0sqcTw4C&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=forest+fragmentation+massachusetts&source=bl&ots=S14mnVcTFF&sig=ACfU3U2nDTyfVE9Tlv9_DhraWXX-dwWVVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCtePzxsXoAhWmlnIEHQ1pB7o4FBDoATAHegQIDBAo#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northeast?


1988 to 1990
Summary

This report presents six papers from the technical session sponsored by the Wildlife and Fish Ecology Working Group, Society of American Foresters' Annual Convention, October19, 1988, Rochester, New York. These papers are used to determine the effects of forest fragmentation on the northeastern region of the United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf , William M. Healy

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

DeGraaf, R. M.; Healy, W. M. "Is Forest Fragmentation a Management Issue in the Northeast?" 1990, Accessed from https://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_reports/pdfs/scanned/gtr140.pdf

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/4191

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Birds at Log Landings in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire


1989 to 1990
Summary

Birds were surveyed at log landings and forest/clearcut borders in the hardwood forest type of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) of New Hampshire during the breeding seasons of 1989 and 1990 to examine the possibility of log landings functioning as wildlife openings.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James W. Tucker , David P. Olson

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences , Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

white mountain national forest

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Tucker, J. W., Jr., Olson, D. P. "Birds at Log Landings in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire" Maine Naturalist 2, no. 2 (1994): 91-104. Accessed August 30, 2021. doi:10.2307/3858252.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3858252

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Growing Forests "a rare piece of good news in climate science"


2010 to 2022
Summary

Boston University researchers Lucy Hutyra and Luca Morreale, along with scientists from Harvard Forest and The City University of New York, find that trees along the edges of temperate forests grow faster and are denser as a result of fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Gina Mantica

Institutions: Boston University

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Mantica G., "Growing forests "a rare piece of good news in climate science"", Boston University, 6 January, 2022. Accessed from: https://www.bu.edu/hic/2022/01/06/growing-forests-a-rare-piece-of-good-news-in-climate-science/

Source Link

https://www.bu.edu/hic/2022/01/06/growing-forests-a-rare-piece-of-good-news-in-climate-science/

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Urban forests may store more carbon that we though, study finds


2022
Summary

This article explains the findings of two studies from Boston University which found that trees around the edges of urban forests grow faster and the soil gives off less carbon dioxide than scientists expected.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Barbara Moran

Institutions: WBUR News

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Moran B., "Urban forests may store more carbon that we though, study finds", wbur, Boston University, Accessed from: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/16/forest-fragments-northeast-us-climate-change-soil-respiration

Source Link

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/02/16/forest-fragments-northeast-us-climate-change-soil-respiration

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Forest fragmentation


2016
Summary

Report advocating for legislative action to keep forests intact.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steven Sinclair

Institutions: Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

resource management, wildlife, fragmentation, forest stewardship, land ownership

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Sinclair, S. (2016). Forest Fragmentation. Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.

Source Link

http://vtcommunityforestry.org/sites/default/files/pictures/arbor_day_2016_frag.pdf

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Community strategies for Vermont's forests and wildlife: a guide for local action


2013
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Front Porch Community Planning and Design

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

forest conservation, planning

Topic Tags

conservation, management

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Fidel, J., McCarthy, K. and Murry, S. (2013). Community strategies for Vermont's forest and wildlife: a guide for local action. Vermont Natural Resources Council. Available at http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/VNRC-Forestland-Conservation-10-1-links.pdf

Source Link

http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/VNRC-Forestland-Conservation-10-1-links.pdf

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Early Successional Forest Management on Private Lands as a Coupled Human and Natural System


2015 to 2019
Summary

A lot of forested land around the world is privately owned, making voluntary conservation on private lands crucial for preventing forest loss and mitigating forest fragmentation. Research has shown that social factors, such as economics, can be used for positive outcomes in forest management on private lands, and the authors sought to determine if forest management for the benefit of wildlife would have a similar impact on voluntary forest management.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Seth Lutter, Ashley Dayer, Amanda Rodewald, Darin McNeil, Jeffery Larkin

Institutions: Cornell University , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, American Bird Conservancy

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/6/499/htm

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Brown-Headed Cowbird Parasitism of Ovenbirds in Suburban Forest Fragments


1996 to 1999
Summary

Forest fragmentation in North America concerns many biologists because of its effects on wildlife populations. One group that has demonstrated particular sensitivity is Neotropical migrant birds. This reports on a study of Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) in forest fragments in a suburban landscape in eastern Massachusetts to determine effects of cowbird parasitism on Ovenbird reproductive success.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Marta J. Hersek , Michelle A. Frankel , John A. Cigliano , Frederick E. Wasserman

Institutions: Boston University , Boston University, Department of Biology, Bradford College, Division of Natural Science

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

populations, migratory birds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/119/1/240/5562105

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Improving Forest Ecosystem Health and Integrity


2018
Summary

In collaboration with the Vermont Community Foundation, the High Meadows Fund is inviting proposals for improving forest health and integrity in Vermont. The goal is to foster collaborative approaches to creating resilient, adaptable and healthy forests that pay dividends for wildlife, and contribute to the quality of life and cultural heritage of all Vermonters, including, but not limited to, those who depend on the forests for their livelihoods.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: High Meadows Fund, Vermont Community Foundation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

forest health

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

"Improving Forest Ecosystem Health and Integrity." High Meadows Fund, Vermont Community Foundation, September 2018, Accessed from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b0ce25e4b0e8d244de368b/t/5b9bd996aa4a994465e2da21/1536940439305/2018-09-14+HMF+Forest+Health+and+Integrity+RFP.pdf

Source Link

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51b0ce25e4b0e8d244de368b/t/5b9bd996aa4a994465e2da21/1536940439305/2018-09-14+HMF+Forest+Health+and+Integrity+RFP.pdf

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The Efficacy of Habitat Conservation Assistance Programs for Family Forest Owners in Vermont


2021
Summary

This report qualitatively compared the efficacy of two types of conservation assistance programs available in Vermont: traditional programs offered through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and a simplified, accelerated program offered through a non-governmental partnership called Woods, Wildlife, and Warblers. The results from this survey, which was sent to 2,122 randomly selected Vermont family forest owners and had a cooperation rate of 38%, are presented.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Harrington M. E., "The Efficacy of Habitat Conservation Assistance Programs for Family Forest Owners in Vermont", 2021, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-5698

Source Link

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1096/

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New York State forests may be at their peak: report


2015
Summary

The overall forest cover of New York State may have reached a peak, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service conducted an inventory of forests in the state between 2008 and 2012 and found that while forested land is increasing in some areas, fragmentation and invasive pests are destroying trees elsewhere.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Joshua Learn

Institutions: The Wildlife Society

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

emerald ash borer, forest service, forest fragmentation, hemlock woolly aldelgid, invasives

Topic Tags

management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education, policy

Citation

Learn, J. R. (2015, December 4). New York State Forests May Be at Their Peak. The Wildlife Society. Retrieved April 12, 2018, from http://wildlife.org/new-york-state-forests-may-be-at-their-peak-report/

Source Link

http://wildlife.org/new-york-state-forests-may-be-at-their-peak-report/

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Forests on the Edge: Housing Development on America's Private Forests


2005
Summary

The Forests on the Edge project seeks to improve understanding of the processes and thresholds associated with increases in housing density in private forests and likely effects on the contributions of those forests to timber, wildlife and water resources. This report, the first in a series, displays and describes housing density projections on private forests, by watershed, across teh conterminous United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Theobald, Ron McRoberts , Mark Nelson , Mike Eley , Mike Dechter , Susan Stein , Ralph J. Alig , Marcy Carr

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Stein S. M., McRoberts R. E., Alig R. J., Nelson M. D., Theobald D. M., Eley M., Dechter M., Carr M., "Forests on the Edge: Housing Develipment on America's Private Forests", 2005, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o8OtV6o4zu4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=nta0vCllKs&sig=HA_FvLe6exX0NPfhAejChgzzEtc#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o8OtV6o4zu4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=nta0vvmrHq&sig=LWm0bcP8VpFCkeZvggUKImbjeNA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient


2011 to 2021
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kathleen Bell, Cynthia Loftin, Cynthia Loftin , Abigail Kaminski , Dana Marie Bauer , Erik J. Nelson

Institutions: Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Maine, School of Economics , Clark University , Clark University, George Perkins Marsh Institute , Bowdoin College

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

urban

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Kaminski, A., Bauer, D. M., Bell, K. P., Loftin, C. S., Nelson, E. J. "Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient". Landscape Ecol, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01287-7

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-021-01287-7

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Habitat Selection and Home Range Size of Ruffed Grouse in Rhode Island


2005
Summary

Grouse are a species that require early successional forests. The populations of Grouse in New England have declined as the forests have matured. This study focuses on habitat selection and home range size of ruffed grouse in oak-hickory forests in Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brian Tefft, Erik G. Endrulat , Scott R. McWilliams

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife, Rhode Island Natural History Survey

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

habitat selection, home range, ruffed grouse

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3858330

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Drivers and Causes of Zoonotic Diseases: An Overview


2021
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mariana Napolitano Ferreira , Wendy Elliott , Rachel Goldon Kroner , Margaret F. Kinnaird , Paula R. Prist , Paula Valdujo , Mariana M. Vale

Institutions: World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International , Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Biociencias , Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Ferreira, M.N., elliott, W., Kroner, R.G., kinnaird, M.F., Prist, P.R., Valdujo, P., Vale, M.M. "Drivers and Causes of Zoonotic Diseases: An Overview" Parks, Vol 21 (Special Issue, March 2021. Accessed from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel-Golden-Kroner/publication/349990389_Drivers_and_causes_of_zoonotic_diseases_An_overview/links/607c5569907dcf667bab3d85/Drivers-and-causes-of-zoonotic-diseases-An-overview.pdf

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel-Golden-Kroner/publication/349990389_Drivers_and_causes_of_zoonotic_diseases_An_overview/links/607c5569907dcf667bab3d85/Drivers-and-causes-of-zoonotic-diseases-An-overview.pdf

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Population Genetics and Spatial Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a Landscape with a High Density of Humans in New England


2021
Summary

The objectives of this study were to better understand the spatial and population structure of Bobcats in Rhode Island. They specifically examined space use, resource selection, and population genetics.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service , University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Mayer A. E., McGreevy J. Jr, Sullivan M. E., Brown C., Husband T. P., Gerber B. D., "Population Genetics and Spatial Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a Landscape with a High Density of Humans in New England", Northeastern Naturalist, 28(4):408-429 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1656/045.028.0401

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-28/issue-4/045.028.0401/Population-Genetics-and-Spatial-Ecology-of-Bobcats-iLynx-rufus-i/10.1656/045.028.0401.short

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Transient persistence of bobcat (Lynx rufus) occurrence throughout a human-dominated landscape


2018 to 2020
Summary

The objectives of this study were to investigate the landscape occupancy dynamics of bobcats in a highly developed and densely populated region of the northeastern United States to evaluate the sensitivity of bobcat occurrence to natural and anthropogenic landscape features.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Mayer A. E., McGreevy T. J. Jr., Brown C., Ganoe L. S., Gerber B. D., "Transient persistence of bobcat (Lynx rufus) occurrence throughout a human-dominated landscape", Population Ecology, v. 64, iss 4, p. 323-335, 23 March 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12123

Source Link

https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1438-390X.12123?casa_token=J4vXXphoTW4AAAAA:beqXH96qf1R87bLtPi1j34QjMdpfW08Ko9Au6oOoNEc4UDxk2ktVlwq7FQhtty11dydIhL_u9dxPRfrd

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1989 to 2003
Summary

This report is an overview of the results of a reintroduction of the American Marten in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf , Clay Grove , Robert Brooks , Chris Bernier , Todd Fuller, Frank Thompson

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

american marten

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Moruzzi, T. L.; Royar, K. J.; Grove, C.; Brooks R. T.; Bernier, C.; Thompson, F. L. Jr.; DeGraaf, R. M.; Fuller, T. K. ""Assessing an American Marten, Martes americana, reintroduction in Vermont."" Canadian Field-Naturalist 117(2): 190-195. 2003, Accessed from https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/681/682"

Source Link

https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/681/682

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Sustaining forests through social, environmental, and community psychology constructs


2014
Summary

How landowners steward their property has the potential to affect timber supply; wildlife habitat and biodiversity; forest carbon sequestration; and a variety of recreational opportunities. Two social science surveys were implemented to explore landowner decision making and behavioral intentions. Social, environmental, and community psychology constructs served as the underlying theoretical framework.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Ryan Quartuch , John Daigle

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

biodiversity, carbon

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Quartuch, M.R. May 2014. "Sustaining Forests Through Social, Environmental, and Community Psychology constructs." Accessed from (https://search.proquest.com/openview/8a86042b46d52aca339aae9fb7ac2f56/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)

Source Link

https://search.proquest.com/openview/8a86042b46d52aca339aae9fb7ac2f56/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

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Informing land use planning and forestland conservation through subdivision and parcelization trend information


2003 to 2010
Summary

The authors analyzed subdivision trends in Vermont by using state Grand List data for 2003 and 2009 to establish a database of parcels of land in the state, compiled by class size. The analysis goals were to: (1) quantify the extent of subdivision and the degree to which subdivision is affecting the viability of undeveloped land for resource management; (2) quantify and understand the extent to which residential development is occurring on parcels that are larger than needed for a residence; and (3) investigate and document paaerns that may be relevant for policies and programs that support resource management and/or discourage fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Deb Brighton

Institutions: Northeastern States Research Cooperative , Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Fletcher, Stowe, Elmore, Calais, Middlesex, Norwich, Bennington, Hinesburg

Resource Type

Report

Tags

resource management, fragmentation, forest stewardship, parcelization, policy, policy making, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

management

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Brighton, D., Fidel, J., Shupe, B., Sinclair, S. and Austin, J. (2010). Informing land use planning and forestland conservation through subdivision and parcelization trend information. Vermont Natural Resources Council.

Source Link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rnkZm13s_NGiv46Xvcrpef-OEmIxYbq_/view

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Vermont Town Parcelization Data 2003 to 2009


2003 to 2010
Summary

This datasets provides summary statistics on town parcelization statistics and trends for all towns in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northeastern States Research Cooperative , Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Dataset

Tags

resource management, fragmentation, forest planning, forest stewardship, parcelization, policy, wildlife conservation

Topic Tags

management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2010). Informing Land Use Planning and Forestland Conservation Through Subdividision and Parcelization Trend Information Dataset. Available at http://www.vnrc.org/subdivisionreport/

Source Link

http://www.vnrc.org/subdivisionreport/

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Securing permeable roadways for wide-ranging wildlife in the Black River Valley


2009 to 2012
Summary

The Black River Valley lies between the Tug Hill Plateau and the Adirondack Park -- the two largest core habitat blocks in the western part of the Northern Appalachian region -- and consists of 650,000 acres of forest. Mapping and modeling work by Two Countries, One Forest, The Nature Conservancy, and others identified the Black River Valley as a regionally important linkage.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Gustave Goodwin , Michelle Brown

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Staying Connected Initiative

Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

black river valley, core habitat, landscape connectivity

Topic Tags

conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Goodwin, G., Rinehart, K., Rafferty, A., Brown, M., Cheeseman, C. (2012). Securing permeable roadways for wide-rangingwildlife in the Black River Valley. The Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Chapter.

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/Securing-permeable-roadways-for-wide-ranging-wildlife-in-the-Black-River-Valley.pdf

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NRCS Action Plan to Conserve: Identified Priority Fish and Wildlife Species and Habitat in Maine


2006
Summary

This action plan for Maine NRCS identifies conservation targets, major resource concerns for each conservation target, and discusses opportunities for NRCS programs to help alleviate or solve identified resource concerns.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Maine Natural Resources Conservation Service

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

resource

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Natural Resources Conservation Service. June 2006. "NRCS Action Plan to Conserve: Identified Priority Fish and Wildlife Species and Habitat in Maine." Accessed From (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs141p2_001960.pdf)

Source Link

https://digitalmaine.com/usda_feddocs/3/

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Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment


2016 to 2020
Summary

The objective of this project was to delineate road-less forest patches throughout New York State, based on the latest version of the National Land Cover Dataset (2016), and then to assess the condition of those patches within the Hudson River Estuary Watershed.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York Natural Heritage Program

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

assessment

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment" New York National Heritage Program, Division of Water, 31 December, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/)

Source Link

https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/

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Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes


2005
Summary

A method for analyzing and mapping forest parcel sizes in the Northeastern United States is presented. A decision tree model was created that predicts forest parcel size from spatially explicit predictor variables: population density, State, percentage forest land cover, and road density.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brett Butler , Susan L. King

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

Citation

Butler B. J., King S. L., "Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes", 2005, Accessed from: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/14259

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/14259

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2013 to 2014
Summary

Forests have become increasingly fragmented throughout the US, with residential development serving as the primary driver of these changes. These altered landscapes have provided suitable conditions for a broad range of wildlife, including blacklegged ticks and their hosts. Lawns dominate residential landscapes, and thus their management has the potential to reduce the likelihood of contact with ticks in residential yards. This study tested the hypothesis that lawn mowing frequency influences tick occurrence in 16 suburban yards in Springfield, MA.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Susannah B. Lerman , Vincent D'Amico

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Massachusetts, UMass

Location

Springfield, Massachusetts

Resource Type

Report

Tags

ticks

Topic Tags

methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6447176/

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Forest Fragmentation


2007
Summary

What Is Forest Fragmentation,and Why Is It Important? Forest fragmentation refers to a loss of forest and the division of the remaining forest into smaller blocks. Fragmentation is of concern primarily because of its impact on the conservation of biological diversity. Forest fragmentation can affect the amount and quality of habitat for many wildlife species (Fahrig 2003, Roundtable on Sustainable Forests 2000). Fragmented forests may consist of patches of forest too small to maintain viable populations of certain species. Fragmentation is also an issue because the resulting smaller blocks of forest may not be viable units for forest management (Roundtable on Sustainable Forests 2000).

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kurt Riitters

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Riitters K. H. "Forest Fragmentation", 2007 pp 9-15 In: Forest health monitoring: 2005 national technical report. General Technical Report SRS-104. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/55879

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Habitat Loss


2000 to 2021
Summary

This article gives descriptions of different kinds of major habitat loss in the United States, their causes and how to combat those losses.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: National Wildlife Federation

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Habitat Loss" National WIldlife Federation. Accessed from (https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss)

Source Link

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Habitat-Loss

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Forest Fragmentation Due To Land Parcelization And Subdivision: A Remote Sensing And GIS Analysis


2004
Summary

The combination of high population density and forestland ownership puts the Connecticut's forest resource at risk and places a premium on understanding the relationship of development patterns, especially forest fragmentation and landscape parcelization, to the physical changes in the landscape. Forest extent and fragmentation will be mapped for a 40-year period. The relationship between land subdivision and forest fragmentation will be examined. Correlations of these trends will be made with observable trends in regulatory and policy decisions and characteristics of the landscape.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Hurd , Daniel Civco, Brian M. Holdt

Institutions: University of Connecticut

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

trends

Topic Tags

conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Holdt, B. M.; Civco, D. L.; Hurd, J. D. "Forest Fragmentation Due To Land Parcelization And Subdivision: A Remote Sensing And GIS Analysis." May 2004, Accessed from http://clear.uconn.edu/\/publications/research/tech_papers/Holdt_et_al_ASPRS2004.pdf

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229049069_Forest_fragmentation_due_to_land_parcelization_and_subdivision_a_remote_sensing_and_GIS_analysis

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New England Clean Energy Connect and the Impacts of Forest Fragmentation


2019
Summary

The author writes about Maine Audubon's position on New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), a transmission line that would carve a 150 foot corridor through a 53 mile stretch of remote woods in Maine. Maine Audubon reviewed the environmental impacts study provided by Central Maine Power (CMP) and felt that habitat fragmentation was not adequately addressed to properly protect sensitive wildlife species. To read more articles related to this story, including impacts on the Wood Turtle, American Marten, and Ovenbird, please visit Maine Audubon North Woods blog at: https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/category/advocacy/north-woods/

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eliza Donoghue

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Donoghue, E. (2019, April 2). New England Clean Energy Connect and the Impacts of Forest Fragmentation. Retrieved from https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/new-england-clean-energy-connect-and-the-impacts-of-forest-fragmentation/

Source Link

https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/category/advocacy/north-woods/

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Sustainable Ecological Systems: Implementing an Ecological Approach to Land Management


1993
Summary

This conference brought together scientists and managers from federal, state and local agencies, along with private-sector interests to examine key concepts involving sustainable ecological systems and ways in which to apply these concepts to ecosystem management. Session topics were: ecological consequenses of land and water use changes, biology of rare and declining species and habitats, conservation biology and restoration ecology, developing and applying ecological theory to management of ecological systems, sustainable ecosystems and forest health, and sustainable ecosystems to respond to human needs. A plenary session established the philosophical and historical contexts for ecosystem management.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Covington W. W., DeBano L. F., "Sustainable Ecological Systems: Implementing an Ecological Approach to Land Management", 12-15 July 1993, Accessed From: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RRqHo7br_L4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA85&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=f31o8FtREe&sig=gzEKjbyoq-RiwBIJ16FUxXEnFGo#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation new york&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RRqHo7br_L4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA85&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=f31o8FtREe&sig=gzEKjbyoq-RiwBIJ16FUxXEnFGo#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation new york&f=false

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Forest Management Framework for New York City


2018 to 2022
Summary

A joint project of the Natural Areas Conservancy and NYC Parks, the Forest Management Framework for New York City is a strategic and comprehensive plan to bolster and protect New York City's vital urban forests. It is the first citywide vision for this critical piece of infrastructure. The plan is intended to guide restoration, management, and community engagement for 7,300 acres of New York City's forested parkland. The 25- year plan includes the process, costs, steps, recommendations, best practices, and goals for forest management in NYC. It marks the culmination of six years of research, data collection, and analysis by NAC scientists.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Pregitzer C. C., Helen M. F., Forgoine H. M., King K. L., Charlop-Powers S., Greenfield J., "Forest Management Framework for New York City", 2018, Natural Areas Conservancy, New York, NY. Accessed from: https://naturalareasnyc.org/content/forests/fmf-2019-update-singles.pdf

Source Link

https://naturalareasnyc.org/content/forests/fmf-2019-update-singles.pdf

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Maintiaining The Integrity of Forests and Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities


2003 to 2018
Summary

This article covers topics of forest fragmentation, parcelization, land use trends in forests, statewide reports and initiatives, strategies, issues related to industrial scale SAP extraction, federal and state laws related to water pollution from logging and regulation of water pollution from public and private roads and driveways.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

water quality

Topic Tags

conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Fidel, J. "Maintiaining The Integrity of Forests and Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities" Vermont Natural Resources Council, July 30, 2020. Accessed from (https://www.friendsofthemadriver.org/uploads/1/0/5/0/105053173/7-30-20_fidel___groveman_webinar_for_r2r.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.friendsofthemadriver.org/uploads/1/0/5/0/105053173/7-30-20_fidel___groveman_webinar_for_r2r.pdf

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Development threatens R.I. woodlands


2018
Summary

Despite that image, the ability of woodlands to provide all those benefits is threatened by their continued loss and by fragmentation of the canopy. The rate at which the construction of roads, subdivisions and other human development continue to break up large, contiguous blocks of forest into an increasing number of smaller pieces is alarming. Fragmentation divides up the resource, and these islands of woodland provide limited benefits.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christopher Riely

Institutions: Providence Journal

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

Riely C., "Development Threatens R.I. Woodlands", 3 March 2018, Accessed from: https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/2018/03/03/my-turn-development-threatens-ri-woodlands/13764670007/

Source Link

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/2018/03/03/my-turn-development-threatens-ri-woodlands/13764670007/

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A methodology for evaluation of the economic, forest fragmentation, and wildlife habitat effects of policies restricting size and adjacency of clearcut timber harvests


1996
Summary

This article outlines an integrative approach that could be used to evaluate the economic and ecological consequences of specific forest regulation policies.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Tara Michele Barrett

Institutions: University Of California, Berkeley

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

timber, harvest

Topic Tags

methods, management, planning, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Barrett, T.M., "A methodology for evaluation of the economic, forest fragmentation, and wildlife habitat effects of policies restricting size and adjacency of clearcut timber harvests" ProQuest, University of California, Berkeley. 1996, Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/33529460caf5cd25d9f92bb5485c056c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y)

Source Link

https://www.proquest.com/openview/33529460caf5cd25d9f92bb5485c056c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

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Rescaling the human footprint: a tool for conservation planning at an ecoregional scale


2002
Summary

The authors mapped the Human Footprint for the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion at a 90-m resolution using best available data on human settlement, access, land use change, and electrical power infrastructure.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Gillian Woolmer , Gillian Woolmer

Institutions: Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Map

Tags

fragmentation, connectivity, human impacts

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

Woolmer, G., Trombulak, S.C., Ray, J.C., Doran, P.J., Anderson, M.G., Baldwin, R.F., Morgan, A. & Sanderson, E.W. (2008). Rescaling the human footprint: a tool for conservation planning at an ecoregional scale. Landscape and Urban Planning, 87(1), pp.42-53. //doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.04.005

Source Link

https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/ff9e496d5eb14aadafa22064462c5e65#expand=56591

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Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics


2003 to 2018
Summary

This review paper explores differences in carbon dynamics observed across biomes through a trade?offs framework that considers edge microenvironmental changes and limiting factors to productivity. The review concludes that in the mesic northeastern US, large increases in carbon stocks and productivity are found near the temperate forest edge, with over 23% of the forest area within 30 m of an edge. Changes in the wind, fire, and moisture regimes near tropical forest edges result in decreases in carbon stocks and productivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Andrew Reinmann , Jonathan Thompson , Lucy Hutyra , Ian Smith , Julia Marrs

Institutions: Boston University , Harvard University

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

stand structure, biodiversity, microclimate, carbon sequestration, edge effects

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Smith, I.A., Hutyra, L.R., Reinmann, A.B., Marrs, J.K. and Thompson, J.R. (2018). Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(4), pp.213-221.

Source Link

https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/sites/harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/files/publications/pdfs/Smith_FrontiersEcol_2018.pdf

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Simulating forest cover change in the northeastern U.S.: decreasing forest area and increasing fragmentation


1985 to 2019
Summary

The authors built a cellular automata model to simulate changes in forest cover of the Northern Forest (northeastern US) from 2015 to 2075, based on historical trends from 1985 to 2015. While there was an overall increase in forest cover between 2000 and 2015, there was a trend of decreasing forest area across the Northern Forest, which continued in the simulations. In both observed and simulated time periods, forest fragmentation increased, which posed a major threat to the Northern Forest.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jennifer Pontius , David Gudex-Cross , Alison Adams , Gillian Galford

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

northern forest, fragmentation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-019-00896-7

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Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII


2009
Summary

ECOSUD is a challenge for the creation of a new science in line with Prigogine's statement that "at all levels we observe events associated with the emergence of novelties and narrative elements, which we may associate with the creative power of nature". This is not only a platform to present novel research related to ecological problems from all over the world; it also gives opportunities for new emergent ideas in science arising from the cross fertilization of different disciplines, including mathematical models and eco-informatics, evolutionary thermodynamics and biodiversity, structures in ecosystems modelling and landscapes to mention but a few.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Brebbia C. A., Tiezzi E., "Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII", 2009, Accessed from: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4nzNS-veZFMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA141&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=EkWCfY5XTr&sig=gCc8CPTAopF2vUAaYOwgValW82k#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4nzNS-veZFMC&oi=fnd&pg=PA141&dq=forest+parcelization+rhode+island&ots=EkWCfY5XTr&sig=gCc8CPTAopF2vUAaYOwgValW82k#v=onepage&q=fragmentation&f=false

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BioMap2


2010
Summary

BioMap2 is designed to guide strategic biodiversity conservation in Massachusetts over the next decade by focusing land protection and stewardship on the areas that are most critical for ensuring the long-term persistence of rare and other native species and their habitats, exemplary natural communities, and a diversity of ecosystems.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Henry Woosley

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, The Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Map

Tags

habitat, spatial analysis, ecoregion, landscape blocks, tool, web tool

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game. (2010). BioMap 2 - Natural Heritage [map]. Available at http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/dfg/biomap2.htm

Source Link

http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/dfg/biomap2.htm

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Degradation of Visible Autumn Icons and Conservation Opportunities: Trends in Deciduous Forest Loss in the Contiguous US


1985 to 2021
Summary

This study used spatial overlay analyses to quantify recent (1984-2016) and predicted (2016-2050) forest disturbance in each U.S. ecoregion and the extent to which each ecoregion falls into protected areas.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Lindsay Dreiss, Jacob Malcom

Institutions: Center for Conservation Innovation, Defenders of Wildlife

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

diseases, global

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Dreiss, L., Malcom. J. "Degradation of Visible Autumn Icons and Conservation Opportunities: Trends in Deciduous Forest Loss in the Contiguous US" 29 March, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.29.437570

Source Link

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.29.437570v1.abstract

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Natural Resource Plan for Waitsfield, Vermont


2005
Summary

Overview of the Waitsfield, Vermont Town Plan (2005) provided by Vermont Natural Resources Council (VNRC). In the plan, VNRC identifies key wildlife habitat and corridors with the goal of producing updated wildlife habitat policies.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, forestland conservation, natural resource protection, tool

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning

Purpose Tags

policy

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2005). Natural Resource Plan-Waitsfield. Available at http://vnrc.org/resources/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/natural-resource-plan-waitsfield/

Source Link

https://vnrc.org/community-planning-toolbox/case-studies/natural-resource-plan-waitsfield/

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Life on the Edge


2016
Summary

Despite being conducted in rural Petersham, Massachusetts, the inspiration for my summer research project comes from patterns observed in urban environments. We live in a growing world in which cities are expanding, both in terms of population and geography. As cities sprawl outwards, forested regions, such as New England, are converted into fragmented landscapes where the forest is interrupted by human land use. Replacing forests with something else can have significant impacts on the carbon cycle as forests play a key role in removing and storing atmospheric carbon. However, the data that I have collected this summer suggests that forests have the ability to mitigate some of the carbon storage loss associated with forest fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ian Smith

Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Website

Tags

cities, edge effects, forest edge, human land use, urban forests

Topic Tags

drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Smith, I. (2016). Life on the Edge. Harvard Forest. Available at http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/blog/ian-smith

Source Link

http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/blog/ian-smith

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Julie Moore: Protecting Vermont's forests requires cutting some trees


2019
Summary

For Vermont to truly embody our identity as the Green Mountain State, people must think holistically, not just about protecting forests, but the entire supply chain that allows forestland owners to receive a reasonable rate of return. Working to preserve forest products enterprises that add value and generate revenue essential to stable land ownership is the best practice of today and the future. The next time you see a log truck on the road, think about where it came from, where it's going, and the benefits we all accrue as a result.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Julie Moore

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Moore, J. "Julie Moore: Protecting Vermont's Forests Requires Cutting Some Trees." Bennington Banner, 25 September 2019, Accessed from https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/julie-moore-protecting-vermonts-forests-requires-cutting-some-trees,585730

Source Link

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/julie-moore-protecting-vermonts-forests-requires-cutting-some-trees,585730

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Trees for life: habitat fragmentation


Summary

This web article provides an easy-to-understand overview of the problems related to forest fragmentation, with particular focus on wildlife impacts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Dan Puplett

Institutions: Trees for Life

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Website

Tags

biodiversity, threats

Topic Tags

drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Puplett, D. (n.d.). Habitat fragmentation. Available at https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/human-impacts/habitat-fragmentation/

Source Link

https://treesforlife.org.uk/forest/human-impacts/habitat-fragmentation/

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The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems


2018
Summary

In this paper, the authors argue that maintaining and, where possible, restoring the integrity of dwindling intact forests is an urgent priority for current global efforts to halt the ongoing biodiversity crisis, slow rapid climate change, and achieve sustainability goals. Furhter, they argue that retaining the integrity of intact forest ecosystems should be a central component of proactive global and national environmental strategies, alongside current efforts aimed at halting deforestation and promoting reforestation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Watson, Tom Evans, Oscar Venter

Institutions: ECHO Lake Aquarium , The University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Wildlife Conservation Society

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

biodiversity, climate change, acid deposition, sustainability

Topic Tags

ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Watson, J.E., Evans, T., Venter, O., Williams, B., Tulloch, A., Stewart, C., Thompson, I., Ray, J.C., Murray, K., Salazar, A. and McAlpine, C. (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature ecology & evolution, p.1.

Source Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0490-x

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Implementing Act 171 Land Use Planning To Address Forest Fragmentation


2018 to 2017
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel , Jens Hilke, Clare Rock

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

fragmentation, planning

Topic Tags

management, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Hilke, J. Rock, C. & Fidel, J. (2017). Implementing Act 171 Land Use Planning To Address Forest Fragmentation. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EusloD8LdAE

Source Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EusloD8LdAE

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A Comparison of the Population Genetic Structure and Diversity between a Common (Chrysemys p. picta) and an Endangered (Clemmys guttata) Freshwater Turtle


2013 to 2019
Summary

The authors hypothesized that spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) would have lower genetic diversity (higher rates of inbreeding) than eastern painted turtles (Chrysemys p. picta), as a result of historic habitat destruction and fragmentation. This hypothesis was based on the premise that spotted turtles would disproportionately experience the effects of habitat destruction and fragmentation since they are habitat specialists, while eastern spotted turtles are habitat generalists.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Scott Buchanan , Scott Buchanan, Scott Buchanan, Scott Buchanan, Jason Kolbe, Johanna Wegener, Jessica Atutubo, nancy Karraker

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/11/7/99/htm

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Vermont Conservation Design: Maintaining and Enhancing an Ecologically Functional Landscape


2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eric Sorenson , Robert Zaino

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Vermont Fish and Wildlife

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

ecological design, landscape

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Sorenson, E., Zaino, R. ""Vermont Conservation Design: Maintaining and Enhancing an Ecologically Functional Landscape"" Vermont Acengy of Natural Resources, Vermont Fish and WIldlife, February, 2018. Accessed from (https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Conserve/VT Conservation Landscape-level Design/Vermont-Conservation-Design-Summary-Report-February-2018.pdf)

Source Link

https://vtfishandwildlife.com/sites/fishandwildlife/files/documents/Conserve/VT Conservation Landscape-level Design/Vermont-Conservation-Design-Summary-Report-February-2018.pdf

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Threats to species of greatest conservation need and their habitats in New York State


2006
Summary

This report references data from the The Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) planning database toidentify the threats to species of greatest conservation need in New York State.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Lisa Holst

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , New York Department of Agriculture and Markets

Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

conservation, awareness, frequency tracking, habitat loss, habitat threats, impact scaling, threats

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Holst, L. K., Schiavone, M., & Tomajer, T. (2005). Threats to Species of Greatest Conservation Need and their Habitats in New York State. In Comprehensive Widllife Conservation Strategy for New York. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. p. 57-69.

Source Link

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/threats.pdf

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Satellite-detected forest disturbance forecasts American marten population decline: The case for supportive space-based monitoring


1975 to 2019
Summary

The authors studied the accuracy of using habitat monitoring and species distribution models as a proxy for direct monitoring when resources inhibit direct, in-situ monitoring of a species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Erin Simons-Legaard, John Clare, Shawn McKinney, John DePue, Cynthia Loftin, Cynthia Loftin

Institutions: University of Maine , Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife , Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320718301083#!

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Implementing Act 171: Land Use Planning to Address Forest Fragmentation


2018
Summary

This recorded webinar outlines Vermont's Act 171 regulations for land use planning to address forest fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel , Clare Rock

Institutions: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. , Vermont Center for Geographic Information , Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

land use, fragmentation, parcelization, planning

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, planning, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Przyperhart, M., Rock, C. and Fidel, J. (2018). Implementing Act 171: Land Use Planning to Address Forest Fragmentation. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLaI9aBkGk

Source Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLaI9aBkGk

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Tracking parcelization and addressing forest fragmentation: tools and strategies for reversing negative trends in Vermont


2003 to 2015
Summary

This presentation by Jamey Fidel, General Counsel/Forest and Wildlife Program Director for Vermont Natural Resources Council at the FEMC 2015 Annual Conference, addresses parcelization and fragmentation in Vermont and provides steps on reducing the negative impacts from such events.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Natural Resources Council, Forest and Wildlife Program

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

fragmentation, landuse planning, landscape connectivity, parcelization

Topic Tags

conservation, management, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Fidel, J. (2015). Tracking parcelization and addressing forest fragmentation: tools and strategies for reversing negative trends in Vermont. Vermont Natural Resources Council. Available at https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/annualMeeting/2015/presentations/Fidel_VMC_2015.pdf

Source Link

https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/annualMeeting/2015/presentations/Fidel_VMC_2015.pdf

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Keeping forests as forests: minimizing loss and fragmentation of forest land


2013
Summary

This report by VNRC identifies the importance of Vermont's forests to wildlife for the human community, including the benefits of preserving forests. The report also discusses the issues of forest loss and fragmentation, and identifies the drivers that lead to loss and fragmentation as being incremental development and the subdivision of forest management.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

forests, fragmentation, benefits, guidance, historical, landscape, preservation, prevention, reforestation

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Vermont Natural Resources Council. (2013). Keeping Forests as Forests - Minimizing Loss and Fragmentation of Forest Land. VNRC, Montpelier, VT.

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Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation


2003
Summary

Using 1-km advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) satellite-based land cover, this study presents a method to seperate forest fragmentation into natural and anthropogenic components, and report results for all inhabited continents summarized by World Wildlife Fund biomes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Timothy Wade

Institutions: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Wade T. G., Riitters K. H., Wickham J. D., Jones K. B., "Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation", 2003, Conservation Ecology 7(2): 7 (online) URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol7/iss2/art7

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26271943#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Forest fragmentation action plan


2014
Summary

The Forest Fragmentation Action Plan is a coordinated land use plan to reduce forest fragmentation at the local, regional, and state levels. This plan was developed by the Vermont Natural Resources Council with input from local planning and conservation commissions, selectboards, regional planning commissions, the VT Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation, the VT Fish and Wildlife Dept., the VT Dept. of Housing and Community Development, the VT Planners Association, and UVM Extension.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Emma Zavez

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

resource management, fragmentation, habitat connectivity, forest planning, parcelization

Topic Tags

methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Zavez, E. and Fidel, J. (2014). Forest Fragmentation Action Plan. Vermont Natural Resources Council.

Source Link

http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Final-Forest-Fragmentation-Action-Plan-1.pdf

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The New York Forest Owner Association


1963
Summary

NYFOA is a not-from profit group of New York State landowners promoting stewardship of private forests. Stewardship puts into practice knowledge of forest ecosystems, silviculture, local economies, watersheds, wildlife, natural aesthetics and even law for the long term benefit of current and future generations. NYFOA, through its local chapters, provides this knowledge for landowners and the interested public.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Deborah Gill , Ronald Pedersen , John Druke , Jerry Michael , Joan Kappel , Jim Minor

Institutions: The New York Forest Owners Association

Location

New York

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Pedersen, R.; Minor, J.; Druke, J.; Michael, J.; Gill, D.; Kappel, J. "The New York Forest Owner, A Publication of The New York Forest Owners Association." vol. 39, number 5, October 2001. Accessed from https://www.nyfoa.org/application/files/6414/8354/4270/2001_09.pdf

Source Link

https://www.nyfoa.org/

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Vermont has conserved one third of the land needed for an ecologically functional future


2020
Summary

For the first time in more than a century, Vermont and neighboring states are losing forestland to development at a rate of almost 1,500 acres per year. As forest fragmentation gains ground across the New England landscape, where private ownerships and small land parcels are the norm, conserving land for future generations of people, wildlife, and plants becomes more necessary but more difficult.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

development

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

University of Vermont "Vermont Has Conserved One Third of the Land Needed for an Ecologically Functional Future." 1 April 2020, Accessed from https://phys.org/news/2020-04-vermont-ecologically-functional-future.html

Source Link

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-vermont-ecologically-functional-future.html

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New Forestry in Eastern Spruce-Fir Forests: Principles and Applications to Maine


1992
Summary

This bulletin is a version of the original paper, of a compilation of papers presented at the technical session of the Forest Ecology Working Group at the National Convention of the Society of American Foresters. It was revised and expanded in response to comments from ten reviewers, including industrial foresters, wildlife biologists, and environmentalists from Maine, New Brunswick, and Ontario.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Seymour , Malcolm Hunter

Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

spruce-fir

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Seymour, R. S., Hunter, M.L. JR, "New Forestry in Eastern Spruce-Fir Forests: Principles and Applications to Maine" Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maine. April 1992, Accessed from (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Seymour/publication/259459089_New_Forestry_in_Eastern_Spruce-Fir_Forests_Principles_and_Applications_to_Maine/links/0046352bc4003ba335000000/New-Forestry-in-Eastern-Spruce-Fir-Forests-Principles-and-Applications-to-Maine.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Seymour/publication/259459089_New_Forestry_in_Eastern_Spruce-Fir_Forests_Principles_and_Applications_to_Maine/links/0046352bc4003ba335000000/New-Forestry-in-Eastern-Spruce-Fir-Forests-Principles-and-Applications-to-Maine.pdf

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State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2021


2020 to 2021
Summary

The State and Private Forestry programs promote the health, resilience, and productivity of trees and forests across all ownerships for the benefit of people and wildlife; establish and manage urban and community forests; empower private landowners with information and technical assistance to sustainably manage their forests; and protect critically important rural forests and watersheds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Eastern Region State and Private Forestry

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

private forests, state-owned forests

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, drivers, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2021" Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, US Forest Service Eastern Region, 12 September 2021. Accessed from (https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf)

Source Link

https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf

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How Does Corinth Maintain its Rural Character and Natural Resources?


2018 to 2021
Summary

About 90% of Corinth's land area is composed of Primary Forest Blocks and Wildlife Corridors? Since 2018 the State of Vermont requires all municipalities to address the maintenance of these natural resources in their planning for future land use. This article explains the actions that are being taken by Cornith Vermont to adress these requirements.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Corinth

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

"Corinth Forest Blocks", 2021, Accessed from: https://corinthvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Corinth-Forest-Blocks.pdf

Source Link

https://corinthvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Corinth-Forest-Blocks.pdf

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Land Subdivision and Parcelization Trends in Vermont


2009
Summary

Using state Grand List data for 2003 and 2009 and wastewater permits and well completion reports, NSRC researchers established a database of all land parcels in Vermont and compiled number of parcels by size class for each year. Data from Property Transfer Returns and the Use Value Appraisal Program helped characterize ownership, use, and value trends. Researchers selected eight towns to further analyze subdivision trends and interviewed officials in other Northern Forest states to determine their ability to conduct similar subdivision and parcel size analysis.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steven Sinclair , Jamey Fidel , Deb Brighton, Brian Shupe

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council , Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department , Vermont Family Forests, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Fidel, J.; Shupe, B.; Brighton, D.; Sinclair, S. "Land Subdivision and Parcelization Trends in Vermont." Northeastern States Research Cooperative, 2009, Accessed from https://nsrcforest.org/project/land-subdivision-and-parcelization-trends-vermont

Source Link

https://nsrcforest.org/project/land-subdivision-and-parcelization-trends-vermont

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Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates


2017
Summary

The authors assembled a global dataset on species responses to fragmentation and developed a statistical approach for quantifying edge impacts in heterogeneous landscapes to quantify edge-determined changes in abundance of 1,673 vertebrate species. They show that the abundances of 85% of species are affected, either positively or negatively, by forest edges.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Marion Pfeifer

Institutions: Newcastle University , Imperial College London , Flowminder Foundation

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

biodiversity, vertebrates, edge effects

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Peres, C.A., Banks-Leite, C., Wearn, O.R., Marsh, C.J., Butchart, S.H.M., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A. and Cisneros, L. (2017). Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates. Nature, 551(7679), p.187.

Source Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24457

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Effects of land use legacies and habitat fragmentation on salamander abundance


2013 to 2018
Summary

The authors examined how a history of agricultural land use and current forest fragmentation influence the abundance of red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). The results suggest that historical agriculture affected salamander abundance by altering forest vegetation at a local scale and forest cover at a landscape scale.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Bradley Cosentino, Kristen Brubaker

Institutions: Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Location

Hector

Resource Type

Article

Tags

agriculture, habitat, salamanders, fragmentation, landscape modification

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Cosentino, B.J. and Brubaker, K.M. (2018). Effects of land use legacies and habitat fragmentation on salamander abundance. Landscape Ecology, 33(9), pp.1573-1584.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-018-0686-0

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Ineffectiveness of local zoning to reduce regional loss and fragmentation of wintering habitat for white-tailed deer


1975 to 2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Erin Simons-Legaard, Daniel Harrison, Kasey Legaard

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

winter, landsat, habitat, white-tailed deer, forestland, forestry

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Simons-Legaard, E.M., Harrison, D.J. and Legaard, K.R. (2018). Ineffectiveness of local zoning to reduce regional loss and fragmentation of wintering habitat for white-tailed deer. Forest Ecology and Management, 427, pp.78-85.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112718304274

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N.H. Braces For More Ticks & More Tick-Borne Disease


2018
Summary

The Exchange looked into the rise in tick and mosquito-borne illness in New England, including what may be causing the increase in these pests and the diseases they carry, and what residents can do to protect themselves.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: New Hampshire Public Radio

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Website

Tags

public health, ticks

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

The Exchange. (2018). N.H. Braces For More Ticks & More Tick-Borne Disease. NHPR. Available at http://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-braces-more-ticks-more-tick-borne-disease#stream/0

Source Link

http://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-braces-more-ticks-more-tick-borne-disease#stream/0

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A global evaluation of forest interior area dynamics using tree cover data from 2000 to 2012


2015
Summary

The authors assessed global and regional changes in forest fragmentation in relation to the change of forest area from 2000 to 2012 using published global tree cover data.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Wickham , Kurt Riitters , Jennifer Costanza

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

monitoring, spatial analysis, assessment, forest fragmentation

Topic Tags

methods, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Riitters, K., Wickham, J., Costanza, J. K., & Vogt, P. (2016). A global evaluation of forest interior area dynamics using tree cover data from 2000 to 2012. Landscape Ecology, 31(1), 137-148.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-015-0270-9

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Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: Effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance


2010 to 2020
Summary

The authors studied environmental factors that promote Ixodes scapularis, or the black-legged tick, which carries Lyme disease. They also determined that studies should include both host counts and flag/drag counts of ticks to conduct a more complete study of black-legged tick populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Howard Ginsberg, Eric Rulison, Jasmine Miller, Genevieve Pang, Isis Arsnoe, Nicholas Ogden, Roger LeBrun, Jean Tsao, Graham J. Hickling

Institutions: Michigan State University , Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Rhode Island Field Station, University of Rhode Island, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Public Health Agency of Canada

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X19301827

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Vermont Forest Partnership: Recommendations to Vermont Climate Council


2021
Summary

Forests are a powerful tool to counter the impacts of climate change. Forests sequester and store carbon, buffer the impact of intense weather events by storing water and reducing the rate of flooding, provide durable wood products and are part of our energy portfolio, and host diverse habitat for wildlife and plant species that are under stress from climate related impacts. Maintaining a resilient and connected forest landscape must be a top priority for Vermont, and the Climate Council.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Audubon Vermont , Vermont Land Trust , Vermont Natural Resources Council , The Trust For Public Land

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, drivers

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Vermont Forest Partnership: Reccomendations to Vermont Climate Council", 30 June 2021, Accessed from: Forests are a powerful tool to counter the impacts of climate change. Forests sequester and store carbon, buffer the impact of intense weather events by storing water and reducing the rate of flooding, provide durable wood products and are part of our energy portfolio, and host diverse habitat for wildlife and plant species that are under stress from climate related impacts. Maintaining a resilient and connected forest landscape must be a top priority for Vermont, and the Climate Council.

Source Link

https://vermontconservationvoters.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/VT-Forest-Partnership-Recommendations-for-Climate-Council-6-30-21.pdf

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USDA awards new partnership project in Rhode Island to help mitigate climate change and protect natural resources


Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it is investing $330 million nationwide in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation's water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability, including a project in Rhode Island. Projects are awarded through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

Purpose Tags

Citation

Petit D., "USDA awards new partnership project in Rhode Island to help mitigate climate change and protect natural resources", 30 April 2021, Accessed from: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ri/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1770845

Source Link

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ri/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1770845

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State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2022


2022
Summary

The U.S. Forest Service and state forestry agencies collaborate with other partners on shared stewardship goals, which also support each State Forest Action Plan. The State and Private Forestry programs promote the health, resilience, and productivity of trees and forests across all ownerships for the benefit of people and wildlife; establish and manage urban and community forests; empower private landowners with information and technical assistance to sustainably manage their forests; and protect critically important rural forests and watersheds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

"State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet: Rhode Island 2022", 13 October 2022, Accessed from: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf

Source Link

https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/ri_std.pdf

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Ovenbird


2019 to 2018
Summary

This author describes ovenbird habitat, conservation, and identification, focusing on Connecticut.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Chris Wood

Institutions: Connecticut Audubon Society

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Wood, C. (2019, June 28). Ovenbird. Retrieved from: https://www.ctaudubon.org/2019/06/ovenbird/#sthash.ZO3DoV7J.kmwhkKQx.dpbs

Source Link

https://www.ctaudubon.org/2019/06/ovenbird/#sthash.ZO3DoV7J.R0rdNnn0.dpbs

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Where Have the Songbirds Gone?


2014
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: National Audubon Society , National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Develop

Location

New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

National Audubon Society, NASA Develop. 2014. "Where Have the Songbirds Gone?" Accessed From (https://www.nasa.gov/SpaceforUS/stories/nh.html)

Source Link

https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/story/where-have-songbirds-gone

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Collaborative Research: Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Lepidopteran Herbivores of Contrasting Diet Breadth


2016
Summary

This project will test alternative hypotheses that have been proposed to explain declines in specialist herbivores from fragmented forests. This research is important in understanding how changes in land use or other disturbances that fragment habitats will affect biodiversity and the integrity of ecosystems. The project will focus on butterfly larvae of species with different diet requirements as model study organisms. Their dependence on particular plant species and their role as prey for birds will be studied in 40 forest sites in Connecticut where the basic ecological interactions are well known. In addition to analysis of response to past forest fragmentation, experiments protecting caterpillars from predation will help quantify the importance of food resources. The study will improve understanding of natural food webs subject to human impacts and can guide future forest management. This project will also provide research training for students in forest ecology that will strengthen the scientific workforce.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael S. Singer , Betsy Von Holle

Institutions: National Science Foundation, NSF

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

biodiversity, birds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Holle, B. V.; Singer, M. "Collaborative Research: Effects of forest fragmentation on Lepidopteran herbivores of contrasting diet breadth." 8 September 2016, Accessed from https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1556766&HistoricalAwards=false

Source Link

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1556766&HistoricalAwards=false

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Genetic Structure of Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus Populations in Continuous and Fragmented Forests


1997
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Gibbs

Institutions: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

salamanders

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Gibbs, J. P. "Genetic Structure of Redback Salamander Plethodon Cinereus Populations in Continuous and Fragmented Forests

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320797001730

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The Current Status and Conservation Needs of Maine Birds


2020
Summary

This chapter is a summary of forest changes and successful conservation efforts that ensure the diversity and abundance of native birds in Maine. Insight into the future of the species that remain at the greatest risk is given.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Barbara Vickery , Jeffrey V. Wells , Charles D. Duncan

Institutions: Princeton University Press

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691211855-008/html

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Spatial Use and Survival of Sympatric Populations of New England and Eastern Cottontails in Connecticut


2019
Summary

The objectives of this project were to quantify home range and core area sizes, annual survival rates, minimum population densities, and range overlap for sympatric populations of New England Cottontail and eastern cottontail at four sites in Connecticut.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Travis J. Goodie , Howard J. Kilpatrick

Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) , University of Connecticut, Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

survival, new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://meridian.allenpress.com/jfwm/article/11/1/3/436143/Spatial-Use-and-Survival-of-Sympatric-Populations

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Consequences of Forest Fragmentation for the Dynamics of Bird Populations: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence


2008
Summary

This paper reviews the consequences of forest fragmentation for the dynamics of bird populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jorund Rolstad

Institutions: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , Norwegian Forest Research Institute

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/42/1-2/149/2654446

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Ticks, Hair Loss, and Non-Clinging Babies: A Novel Tick-Based Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Divergence of Humans and Chimpanzees


2021
Summary

The aim of this review is to propose and evaluate a novel tick-based evolutionary hypothesis wherein forest fragmentation in hominin paleoenvironments created conditions that were favourable for tick proliferation, selecting for hair loss in hominins and grooming behaviour in chimpanzees as divergent anti-tick strategies. It is argued that these divergent anti-tick strategies resulted in different methods for carrying babies, driving the locomotor divergence of humans and chimpanzees.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Brown J.G., "Ticks, Hair Loss, and Non-Clinging Babies: A Novel Tick-Based Hypothesis for the Evolutionary Divergence of Humans and Chimpanzees." Life 2021, 11, 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11050435

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/5/435

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The Lower Connecticut River and Coastal Region Land Trust Exchange


2006
Summary

The Lower CT River and Coastal Region Land Trust Exchange (LTE) is an informal collaboration of 14 land trusts representing the 17 communities of its coordinating organization the Lower CT River Valley Council of Governments (LCRVCOG), formerly the CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency and Mid State Regional Planning Agency, consecutive CT River centered regional planning organizations merged in large part to conserve and protect the unique character and environment of the communities of the lower CT River and Coastal Region. The creation of the LTE was an outcome of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 2006 funded Lower CT River Ground-Truthing Project

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"The Lower Connecticut River and Coastal Region Land Trust Exchange", 2022, Accessed from: https://www.rivercog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LTEupdate042817.pdf

Source Link

https://www.rivercog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LTEupdate042817.pdf

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Associations between breeding bird abundance and stand structure in the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Maine


1998
Summary

The authors compared the associations of forest cover-type, stand size-class, and stand structure to abundance of breeding bird species in managed forest in northern New England. Of the 31 bird species that met the criteria for analysis, a significant association was detected between bird abundance and structure data for 30 species, cover-type data for 19 species, and size-class data for 10 species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

bird habitat, forest structure, forest birds, forest cover, timber size-class

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

DeGraaf, R.M., Hestbeck, J.B. & Yamasaki, M. (1998). Associations between breeding bird abundance and stand structure in the White Mountains, New Hampshire and Maine, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 103(2-3), pp.217-233.

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/19578

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Effect of clearcut borders on distribution and abundance of forest birds in northern New Hampshire


1992 to 1993
Summary

The authors compared numbers of forest bird territories between forest edge and forest interior areas to determine whether clearcuts affect bird abundance in adjacent forest. While some birds were less abundant in edge areas, the distribution of these species did not differ from the distribution of randomly placed simulated territories.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David King , Richard DeGraaf , Curtice Griffin

Institutions: Wilson Ornithological Society

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

clearcuts, bird abundance, forest edge, neotropical migrants

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

King, D.I., Griffin, C.R. & DeGraaf, R.M. (1997). Effect of clearcut borders on distribution and abundance of forest birds in Northern New Hampshire. The Wilson Bulletin, pp.239-245.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4163807.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:a04ef66e23c177ec278c02debe6a86c0

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Forest bird populations in Massachusetts: breeding habitat loss and other influences


2017
Summary

The objective of this research was to determine whether changes in populations of forest-interior bird species were related to changes in extent of interior forest along Breeding Bird Survey census routes in Massachusetts. The authors found that changes in some bird populations seem to reflect forest succession, while others were unexplained and may be due to changes on migratory routes or wintering grounds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Timothy Gardner

Institutions: College of the Holy Cross, Biology Department

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

populations, bird breeding surveys, forest birds, forest loss, forest succession, interior forest

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Gardner, T.J., Eagan, C.R., and Bertin, R.I. (2017). Forest bird populations in Massachusetts: breeding habitat loss and other influences. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(3), 267-288.

Source Link

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1946214509?pq-origsite=gscholar

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The Nature Conservancy


Summary

This website provides information about the Nature Conservancy.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Website

Tags

diversity, forestland conservation, conserved land, natural resource protection

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

The Nature Conservancy. (n.d.). Available at https://www.nature.org/en-us/

Source Link

http://www.nature.org/

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Maine Audubon, foresters work to protect critical bird habitat


2018
Summary

A short article in the Forecaster describes how the populations of many forest birds in Maine have been steadily declining as threats to their existence continue to grow, including habitat fragmentation, encroaching development, air pollution and climate change.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kate Irish Collins

Institutions: The Forecaster

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Website

Tags

birds, forestry

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Collins, K.I. (2018). Maine Audubon, foresters work to protect critical bird habitat. The Forecaster. Available at http://www.theforecaster.net/maine-audubon-foresters-work-to-protect-critical-bird-habitat/

Source Link

http://www.theforecaster.net/maine-audubon-foresters-work-to-protect-critical-bird-habitat/

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Stream salamander persistence influenced by the interaction between exurban housing age and development


2014 to 2019
Summary

Urban stream syndrome describes the changes that occur to a stream ecosystem when development occurs. Since exurban development has increased, it is important to understand how these changes impact species such as salamanders. The authors wante to understand which stream features were most important to promote long-term persistence of salamanders in urban stream syndrome streams, using Eurycea bislineata (northern two-lined salamander) and Desmognathus fuscus (northern dusky salamander) as case studies.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: D. Cristina Macklem , Ashley Helton, Morgan Tingley , Jenny Dickson, Tracy Rittenhouse

Institutions: University of Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-019-00883-5

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Two salamander species respond differently to timber harvests in a managed New England forest


2017 to 2019
Summary

The authors researched the effects of forest management techniques on eastern red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) and eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), examining communities in harvest zones that had regenerated for different periods of time.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Angus Mossman, Max Lambert, Mark Ashton, Jessica Wikle, Marlyse Duguid

Institutions: Yale University, University Of California, Berkeley

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://peerj.com/articles/7604/?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_campaign=PeerJ_TrendMD_0&utm_medium=TrendMD

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Gastrointestinal parasites of the New England cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in the Hudson Valley, New York


2013 to 2019
Summary

The goal of this study was to investigate the decline of the New England cottontail rabbit and the explosion of the introduced eastern cottontail in the context of gastrointestinal parasites. The majority of rabbits surveyed were found to harbor at least one parasite species, regardless of rabbit species, but the eastern cottontail was found to have a significantly higher parasite species richness than the New England cottontail. The authors noted that future work will be completed to genetically confirm parasite identifications and resolve some remaining questions.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Emily Gavard, Sadie Ryan

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Florida

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-019-06351-5

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MassGIS Data: Interior Forest


1999 to 2009
Summary

These datasets identify the extensively forested portions of Massachusetts where forest cover is relatively un-fragmented by human development.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Map

Tags

interior forest

Topic Tags

management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Department of Fish and Game MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information). October 2018. "MassGIS Data: Interior Forests." Accessed from (https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-interior-forest)

Source Link

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-interior-forest

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Effects of landscape characteristics on amphibian distribution in a forest-dominated landscape


1998 to 1999
Summary

This study investigated the influence of landscape and wetland characteristics on pond-breeding amphibian assemblages in south-central New Hampshire, a relatively low populated and heavily forested region of the northeastern United States. This allowed for a better understanding of landscape influences in less disturbed areas, and to determine critical landscape disturbance thresholds, above which amphibians are negatively impacted.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kimberly J. Babbitt , H. L. Herrmann , Matthew J. Baber , Russell J Congalton

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

amphibian

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Herrmann, H. L.; Babbitt, K. J.; Baber, M. J.; Congalton, R. G. "Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Amphibian Distribution in a Forest-Dominated Landscape." Biological Conservation, vol. 123, issue 2, May 2005, pp. 139-149. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.025

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000632070400432X

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Predicting the stability of multitrophic communities in a variable world


2012 to 2020
Summary

This study examined community compositional changes over time in an array of six coastal salt ponds on the south shore of Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mallarie E. Yeager , Tarik C. Gouhier , A. Randall Hughes

Institutions: Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Marine and Environmental Science, Marine Science Center

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

communities, protection, stability

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.2992

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Forest Fragmentation and Island Biogeography: A Summary and Bibliography


1992
Summary

This report consists of a summary of theory and findings that relate to forest fragmentation and the consequent creation of edge habitats, and a bibliography on these subjects.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert N. Rosenfield , Christopher M Morasky , John Bielefeldt , Walter L. Loope

Institutions: University of Wisconsin, Stout Menomonie, Department of Biology

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Report

Tags

summary

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Rosenfield, R. N., Morasky, C. M., Bielefeldt, J., Loope, W. L.. "Forest Fragmentation and Island Biogeography: A Summary and Bibliography" National Resources Publication Office, August 1992. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4vNPAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP8&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=SBhQ5NVZGX&sig=PNbs-WHSEUliT3-m42ZWR54V7LY#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation northeast us&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4vNPAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP8&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=SBhQ5NVZGX&sig=PNbs-WHSEUliT3-m42ZWR54V7LY#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation northeast us&f=false

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Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds


1979
Summary

This is a report of the proceedings of the third workshop on the management of forest and range habitats for nongame birds. It was hosted by the USDA forest service of the Eastern Region, the Northeastern area State and Private Forestry, the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station and the Northcentral Forest Experiment Station.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf , Keith E. Evans

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

DeGraaf, R. M., Evans, K. E.. "Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds" North Central Forest Experiment Station, 1979. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LHN7SmcBeDsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=5TpbzYtVyf&sig=kaCHNShmVI0ZqPmIzwRVOmhWvvs#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LHN7SmcBeDsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=5TpbzYtVyf&sig=kaCHNShmVI0ZqPmIzwRVOmhWvvs#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts


2000
Summary

This timely book collects forty essays by most of the principal authorities on the biology and management of cowbirds. The book's goals are to explore the biology of cowbirds, the threats they pose to host species and populations, and the management programs that are being undertaken to minimize these threats.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Scott K. Robinson

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Smith J. N. M., Cook T. L., Rothstein S. I., Robinson S. K., Sealy S. G., "Ecology and Management of Cowbirds and Their Hosts: Studies in the Conservation of North American Passerine Birds", University of Texas Press, 2000, https://doi.org/10.7560/777385

Source Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7560/777385/html#contents

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2022
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Forest Health Protection , The University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/jof/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jofore/fvac021/6648424

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Modeling the Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Forest Composition in the Midwest and Northeast United States


2012
Summary

While there are methods to mitigate, contain, control, or even eradicate some nonnative invasive insects, EAB continues to spread across North America. Considering strong evidence suggesting >99 percent probability of host tree mortality, the loss of the North American ash resource is possible. To examine anticipated effects of EAB on tree species composition, they modeled future spatial and temporal changes in forest composition over the next 50 years with and without ash mortality anticipated from EAB spread.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Wear , W. Keith Moser

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

DeSantis R. D., Moser W. K., Huggett R. J. Jr., Li R., Wear D. N., Miles P. D., "Modeling the Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Forest Composition in the Midwest and Northeast United States", September 2012, accessed from: https://shareok.org/bitstream/handle/11244/336492/DeSantis et al. 2013a.pdf?sequence=2

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/43082

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The Forests of Rhode Island


1998 to 2002
Summary

This report summarizes a 1998 inventory of the forests resources of Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Tonya Lister , Andrew Lister , Brett Butler , Eric H. Wharton , Catherine Sparks , Paul Ricard , Marla Emery , Thomas A. Dupree , Paul Dolan , Charles J. Barnett

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/4855

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Forests Facing Environmental Change: Fragmented Ecological Networks


2022
Summary

The alteration of ecological networks by environmental change, including habitat fragmentation, is not well understood. This project will test alternative mechanistic pathways for loss of trophic specialization due to habitat fragmentation in a plant-herbivore-carnivore network. Elucidating these pathways will greatly improve predictive models of the impacts of fragmentation, which threatens habitat- and host-specialist species with local and global extinction.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Bagchi , Dipanjana Dalui

Institutions: University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Bagchi R., Wasserman B., Dalui D., LaScaleia M., Lucky B. M. A., "Forests Facing Environmental Change: Fragmented Ecological Networks", 2022, Accessed from: https://bagchi.eeb.uconn.edu/fragmented-ecological-networks/

Source Link

https://bagchi.eeb.uconn.edu/fragmented-ecological-networks/#

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Deer and invasive plants in suburban forests: assessing variation in deer pressure and herbivory


2021
Summary

Deer browsing/grazing pressure varies among sites, potentially affecting herbivory on nonindigenous plants and their invasion success. We aimed to identify a useful deer pressure indicator for suburban forests and then use it to relate deer pressure to grazing on and abundance of two herbaceous invaders, Microstegum vimineum and Alliaria petiolata.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Morrison J. A., Fertitta M., Zymaris C., diBartolo A., Akparanta C., "Deer and invasive plants in suburban forests: assessing variation in deer pressure and herbivory", Ecoscience, 2022, v. 29, iss. 2, https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2021.1958535

Source Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11956860.2021.1958535

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A resistant-kernel model of connectivity for amphibians that breed in vernal pools


1999 to 2007
Summary

The authors developed a model of connectivity among vernal pools for the four ambystomatid salamanders that occur in Massachusetts and applied it to the nearly 30,000 potential ephemeral wetlands across the state. They found that the most functionally connected pool complexes occurred in southeastern and northeastern Massachusetts, areas with rapidly increasing suburban development.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Bradley Compton

Institutions: UMass Amherst Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

communities, vernal pools, metapopulation, pond-breeding amphibian, resistant-kernel model, seasonal pond

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Compton, B.W., McGarigal, K., Kushman, S.A., & Gamble, L.R. (2007). A Resistant-Kernel Model of Connectivity for Amphibians that Breed in Vernal Pools. Society for Conservation Biology. //doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00674.x

Source Link

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17531056/

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Use of FIA data and GIS to characterize the effects of fragmentation on the forests of New Hampshire


2009
Summary

The authors used a raster land-cover classification of New Hampshire to characterize the level of fragmentation and urbanization in the local neighborhood surrounding each forested Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot. Findings highlight the forest-type groups that are in the most fragmented and urbanized conditions, and make comparisons between fragmentation metrics and stand characteristics.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Randall Morin

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forest health, forest inventory, forest structure, forest composition, forest fragmentation, landcover, urbanization

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Morin, R. S., Lister, A., & Doyle, J. (2009). Use of FIA Data and GIS to Characterize the Effects of Fragmentation on the Forests of New Hampshire. USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Retrieved from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2009/nrs_2009_morin_001.pdf

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/19838

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Assessing population trends of New Hampshire forest birds: local vs. regional patterns


1969 to 1986
Summary

The authors examined the changes in abundance between 1969 and 1986 of 19 forest dwelling, mostly migratory bird species breeding in New Hampshire at 2 different scales: one local (an intensively studied 10-ha plot in unfragmented forest) and the other regional (Breeding Bird Surveys statewide). Overall, they found that more species declined than increased both locally (8 vs. 1) and regionally (5 vs. 1).

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard Holmes

Institutions: American Ornithological Society

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

songbirds, bird breeding surveys, forest dwelling birds, forest succession, migratory birds, neotropical migrants

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Holmes, R.T. & Sherry, T. (1988). Assessing population trends of New Hampshire forest birds: local vs. regional patterns. American Ornithological Society, Vol. 105(4), pp. 756-768.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4087390.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A070f7a4bfcd4ef806667ab2eafd6353a

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The development of forest islands in exurban central New York state


1986
Summary

The authors investigated the composition and characteristics of forestland in Onondaga County in central New York State. The results suggest that tree species composition was less diverse than in the residual islands which were never cleared for protracted agricultural use. Overall, available data suggest the prevalence of fairly homogeneous structural conditions across most forest stands.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: R. Nyland

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Location

Onondaga

Resource Type

Article

Tags

clearcuts, forest regeneration, agricultural development, forest islands

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Nyland, R.D., Zipperer, W.C. & Hill, D.B. (1986). The development of forest islands in exurban central New York State. Landscape and Urban Planning, 13, pp.111-123.

Source Link

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-development-of-forest-Islands-in-exurban-New-Nyland-Zipperer/ccf0321d33d083c34f9ab0d5ffaae4da5b3d7d70

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Effect of development on bird species composition of two urban forested wetlands in Staten Island, New York


1989 to 1990
Summary

To evaluate the influence of development on bird species composition, the authors conduced a 2-yr breeding bird census at two urban, forested wetlands in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. The study indicated that forest islands in New York City can provide nesting habitat for area-sensitive bird species, but development that encroaches upon or degrades these habitats promotes the urbanization of the forest bird community.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christina Dowd

Institutions: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Location

Richmond

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forest interior species, forest islands, neotropical migrants, urban birds, urban sprawl, urbanization

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Dowd, C. (1992). Effect of Development on Bird Species Composition of Two Urban Forested Wetlands in Staten Island, New York. Journal of Field Ornithology, pp.455-461.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4513743.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A982027e9f2e487ffc7df4788440e8758

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Ski trail effects on a beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Elateridae) community in Vermont


2000
Summary

The authors studied beetle diversity and species composition using pitfall traps placed along three parallel transects that extended from the center of a downhill ski trail, 100 m into a large, unfragmented spruce-fir forest on Mount Mansfield State Park, VT. The results suggest that ski trails were strong barriers to dispersal for forest beetles, several of which were flightless or dimorphic and primarily short-winged.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Allan Strong

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Chittenden, Lamoille, Washington

Resource Type

Article

Tags

fragmentation, dispersal barriers, edge effects, montane forests, skiing

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Strong, A.M., Dickert, C.A. and Bell, R.T. (2002). Ski trail effects on a beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Elateridae) community in Vermont. Journal of Insect Conservation, 6(3), pp.149-159.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1023223532149.pdf

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Distribution of woodland amphibians along a forest fragmentation gradient


1992 to 1994
Summary

In this study, the author surveyed distributions of five species of woodland amphibians with differing life histories along a 10 km, spatially continuous gradient of forest fragmentation in southern Connecticut. Correlations between species' biological traits and their fragmentation tolerance imply that low density, population variability, and high mobility coupled with restricted habitat needs predispose woodland amphibians to local extinction caused by habitat fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Gibbs

Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

amphibians, salamanders, fragmentation, frogs, disturbance

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1008056424692

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Forest fragmentation and the decline of migratory birds


1992
Summary

The author examined data collected on birds and vegetation in the Connecticut College Arboretum in New London that initiated in 1953. Many changes in bird species abundance were evident, which were possibly realted to winter habitat destruction and the creation of habitat islands in the breeding sites through forest fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Askins

Institutions: Connecticut College

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds, habitat islands, migratory birds

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Askins, R. A. (1992). Forest fragmentation and the decline of migratory songbirds. Bird Observer, 20(1). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=biofacpub

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=biofacpub

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Community structure of snakes in a human-dominated landscape


1998
Summary

The authors studied occupancy, species richness, abundance, and size distributions of snakes on habitat patches that ranged from 0.2 to 120 ha within a landscape undergoing substantial land-use changes. They found that species richness was greatest on large patches, and snakes also tended to be more abundant on large patches.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Victoria Kjoss

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford

Resource Type

Article

Tags

species richness, occupancy, generalist, land use change, snakes

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Kjoss, V.A., & Litvaitis, J.A. (2001). Community structure of snakes in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation, 98(3), 285-292.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320700001671

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Landscape ecology approaches to wetland species conservation: a case study of two turtle species in southern Maine


1992 to 1993
Summary

The authors investigated the habitat use and movements of two turtle species to assess the importance of conserving multiple wetlands and the upland matrix in which they occur. They found that individuals of both species used multiple wetlands throughout the year, including permanent and seasonal pools, forested swamps, and wet meadows.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: L. Joyal

Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology

Location

York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

blanding's turtles, mating, nesting, spotted turtles, turtles

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Joyal, L.A., McCollough, M., & Hunter, M.L. (2001). Landscape ecology approaches to wetland species conservation: a case study of two turtle species in southern Maine. Conservation biology, 15(6), 1755-1762.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3061276.pdf

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Forest fragmentation and avian nest predation in forested landscapes


1985
Summary

The authors placed artificial nests containing quail eggs in forests of different sizes and at various distances from the edge to test which of these factors was most important in describing predation. In doing so, they found that large areas and those bordered on at least one side by a large water body had lower predation rates.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Small

Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology

Location

Lincoln, Sagadahoc

Resource Type

Article

Tags

artificial nests, forest fragmentation, nest predation, passerines

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Small, M.F. & Hunter, M.L. (1988). Forest fragmentation and avian nest predation in forested landscapes. Oecologia, 76(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00379601

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4218636?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

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Abundance, distribution, trends, and ownership patterns of early-successional forests in the northeastern United States


1948 to 1999
Summary

The author summarized results of the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program for 11 states in the Northeast to identify recent trends in the area of early-successional forests. The results suggest that the area of total forest land has remained relatively constant in the northeast; however, the area of early-successional forests has declined since the first forest surveys (ca. 1950).

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: R. Brooks

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

fragmentation, fia, early successional forest, forest inventory and analysis, forest survey, ownership, parcelization

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Brooks, R.T. (2003). Abundance, distribution, trends, and ownership patterns of early-successional forests in the northeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 185(1-2), 65-74.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112703002469

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Socioeconomics drive woody invasive plant richness in New England, USA through forest fragmentation


2013
Summary

The authors tested whether woody invasive plant richness was higher in landscapes with many forest edges relative to other forest types, developing models that demonstrated that woody invasive plant richness was higher in landscapes with more edge forest relative to patch, perforated, and especially core forest types. Identifying these landscape patterns will aid ongoing efforts to use current distribution patterns to better predict where invasive species may occur in unsampled regions under current and future conditions.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jenica Allen

Institutions: University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Duke University, Department of Statistical Science, University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

land use, alien invasive species, exotic plants, ipane, landcover, social-ecological

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Allen, J. M., Leininger, T. J., Hurd, J. D., Civco, D. L., Gelfand, A. E., and Silander, J. A. (2013). Socioeconomics drive woody invasive plant richness in New England, USA through forest fragmentation. Landscape Ecology, 28(9), 1671-1686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9916-7

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-013-9916-7

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Niche dimensions of New England cottontails in relation to habitat patch size


1990 to 1992
Summary

The authors examined physical condition, niche dimensions, and survival of New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) that occupied 21 habitat patches of different sizes during winter. Skewed sex ratios and low survival rates among rabbits on small patches suggest that these habitats act as sinks to dispersing juveniles from large source patches, possibly making local populations of New England cottontails vulnerable to extinction if large patches of habitat are not maintained.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Barbour

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Strafford

Resource Type

Article

Tags

rabbits, fragmentation, new england cottontail, niche expansion, resource limitations

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Barbour, M. S., and Litvaitis, J. A. (1993). Niche dimensions of New England cottontails in relation to habitat patch size. Oecologia, 95(3), 321-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320983

Source Link

https://newenglandcottontail.org/sites/default/files/research_documents/Niche%20Dimensions%20of%20NEC.pdf

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Two Countries One Forest


2009 to 2013
Summary

This website provides information about Two Countries, One Forest a major Canadian-U.S. collaborative of conservation organizations, researchers, foundations and conservation-minded individuals.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Two Countries One Forest

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, conservation planning, conserved land, ecoregion

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Two Countries, One Forest. (n.d.). Available at https://programs.wcs.org/2c1forest/

Source Link

https://programs.wcs.org/2c1forest/

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How Forest Fragmentation Threatens Biodiversity


2015
Summary

This website discusses the consequences of forest fragmentation on the ecology of the National Parks.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: EcoWatch

Location

Vermont, Maine

Resource Type

Website

Tags

biodiversity, habitat threats, threats

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

EcoWatch. (2015). How Forest Fragmentation Threatens Biodiversity. Available at https://www.ecowatch.com/how-forest-fragmentation-threatens-biodiversity-1882034965.html

Source Link

https://www.ecowatch.com/how-forest-fragmentation-threatens-biodiversity-1882034965.html

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Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England


2006
Summary

This book outlines the rise and fall of eastern hemlock, an iconic and important tree in the northeast. Drawing on a century of studies at Harvard University's Harvard Forest, the authors explore what hemlock's modern decline due to the invasive pest, hemlock woolly adelgid, can tell us about the challenges facing nature and society in an era of habitat changes and fragmentation, as well as global change.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Foster , John Aber

Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest

Location

New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

global change, habitat fragmentation, land use change

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Foster, D.R. and Aber, J.D. (Eds). (2006). Forests in time: the environmental consequences of 1,000 years of change in New England. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books/about/Forests_in_Time.html?id=GENV8N2qgiMC

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Forest island dynamics in man-dominated landscapes


1981
Summary

This book analyzed the patterns found within forest island landscapes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: R. Burgess

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Book

Tags

ecology, human impacts, landscape ecology, natural resources, threats

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Burgess, R.L. and Sharpe, D.M. (Eds.). (1981). Forest island dynamics in man-dominated landscapes. New York: Springer-Verlag, 310 pp.

Source Link

https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387905846

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Terrestrial resilience tabloid maps


2011
Summary

Maps identifying areas of terrestrial resilience to climate change

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Map

Tags

climate change, habitat, resilience

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

The Nature Conservancy. (2011). Map Set. Available online at http://216.92.98.160/assets/terrestrialresiliencetabloidmaps013012.pdf.

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/terrestrialresiliencetabloidmaps013012.pdf

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Human footprint of the northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion


2013
Summary

The maps and data sets in this gallery are the result of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion Human Footprint Project. This project was designed to create a down scaled (90m) version of the Global Human Footprint mapped at a scale of 1km by Sanderson et al (2002).

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Data Basin , Two Countries One Forest

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Map

Tags

human footprint, human influence index, northern appalachians

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Two Countries One Forest. (2013). Human Footprint [map]. Retrieved from https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/ff9e496d5eb14aadafa22064462c5e65

Source Link

https://2c1forest.databasin.org/galleries/ff9e496d5eb14aadafa22064462c5e65

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Public hearing on CMP transmission corridor focuses on mitigating impacts


2019
Summary

This is an article and news clip from the public hearing in Bangor, Maine on the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) Powerline.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Spencer Roberts

Institutions: WABI Channel 5

Location

Bangor, Maine

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Public hearing on CMP transmission corridor focuses on mitigating impacts [Video File]. (2019, May 9). Retrieved from https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Public-hearing-on-CMP-transmission-corridor-focuses-on-mitigating-impacts-509709651.html

Source Link

https://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Public-hearing-on-CMP-transmission-corridor-focuses-on-mitigating-impacts-509709651.html

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History matters: contemporary versus historic structure of bobcats in the New England region, USA


1952 to 2017
Summary

The authors of this study looked for genetic diversity and population structure differences between contemporary (2010-2017) and historic (1952-1964) bobcats. They found that there was a decline in both genetic diversity and differences in genetic population structures over time, suggesting that habitat fragmentation and range dynamics "may play a significant role in population structure."

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John Litvaitis, Rory Carroll, Marian Litvaitis, Sarah Clements, Clark Stevens

Institutions: University of New Hampshire

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.uvm.edu/femc/fragnet/search/?search-query=&filterType=article

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Effects of Suburbanizing Landscapes on Reproductive Effort of Vernal Pool-Breeding Amphibians


2014 to 2019
Summary

The authors study the impacts of suburbanization on amphibians that breed in vernal pools in Maine. They found that an increase of impervious surfaces within a kilometer of vernal pools has complex effects on breeding amphibians, with an overall negative effect on these species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Malcolm Hunter, Carly Eakin, Aram Calhoun

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_14/Issue_2/Eakin_etal_2019.pdf

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2012 to 2019
Summary

Some carnivoran species, such as coyote (Canis latrans), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), have semi-adapted to human development and can compete for resources in urban areas. The authors determined site characteristics, prey species, and distribution patterns of these three species in Pioneer Valley, MA.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Stephen DeStefaNo , Eric LeFlore, Todd Fuller, John Finn, John Organ

Institutions: United States Geological Survey (USGS) , University of Massachusetts Amherst

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/Northeastern-Naturalist/volume-26/issue-2/045.026.0208/Wild-Canid-Distribution-and-Co-existence-in-a-NaturalUrban-Matrix/10.1656/045.026.0208.short

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Landscape factors predict local extirpation in an imperilled minnow species, the bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)


1960 to 2019
Summary

The brindle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) was thought to be in strong decline and extripated from many areas in Connecticut. A recent study suggested that electrofishing is an inefficient method to sample for the brindle shiner, so the authors wanted to test this hypothesis and more accurately describe current brindle shiner populations and reasons for decline.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kasey Pregler, Neal Hagstrom, Eric Schultz, Jason Vokoun

Institutions: University of Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aqc.3123

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Small-Area Family Forest Ownerships in the USA


2011 to 2018
Summary

The authors researched small family forest owners (<4 ha) to see how they managed their forests in comparison to larger family forest owners, since small family forest owners are often excluded from research due to the small size of their forest holding yet they make up 60% of all family forest owners in the United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brett Butler , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Stephanie Snyder

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11842-018-9410-9

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Enhancement of Risk for Lyme Disease by Landscape Connectivity, New York, New York, USA


2017 to 2019
Summary

The authors researched Lyme disease in an urban setting, assessing park connectivity and landscape composition contributions to black-legged tick nymph densities and infection rate.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Meredith VanAcker, Eliza Little, Goudarz Molaei, Waheed Bajwa, Maria Diuk-Wasser

Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Columbia University , New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537717/

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Forest fragmentation and biodiversity: the case for intermediate-sized conservation areas


2009
Summary

A review of 58 papers on effects of forest fragmentation reveals that general conclusions from fragmentation research are biased due to a focus on birds, on size-effects rather than isolation, and on species presence rather than population sizes. Perhaps the most important finding is that current knowledge on fragmentation effects is based mainly on studies in small fragments (<10 ha).

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New England, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

analysis, assessment

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Zuidema, P.A., Sayer, J.A., Dijkman, W. "Forest Fragmentation and Biodiversity: The Case for Intermediate-sized Conservation Areas." Cambridge Core, Cambridge University Press. vol. 23, issue 4, December 1996, pp. 290-297. Accessed from (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/forest-fragmentation-and-biodiversity-the-case-for-intermediatesized-conservation-areas/34D3DEA131ABA80454D095F505EBAFF7#fndtn-information)

Source Link

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-conservation/article/forest-fragmentation-and-biodiversity-the-case-for-intermediatesized-conservation-areas/34D3DEA131ABA80454D095F505EBAFF7#fndtn-information

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Forest fragmentation predicts local scale heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk


2005
Summary

This study tests weather landscape fragmentation plays a role in the Lyme disease risk based on the density of the host species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John S. Brownstein , David K. Skelly , Theodore R. Holford , Durlan Fish

Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , Boston Children's Hospital , Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

lyme disease

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-005-0251-9

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NECEC And Forest Fragmentation Part 2: The Ovenbird


2019
Summary

A focus on the species that need intact blocks of interior forests and will not be protected well enough by the New England Clean Energy Connect. This part focuses specifically on Ovenbirds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eliza Donoghue

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

ovenbird

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Donoghue, E. 3 April 2019. "NECEC and Forest Fragmentation Part 2: The Ovenbird." Accessed from (https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/)

Source Link

https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/

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NECEC And Forest Fragmentation Part 3: The American Marten


2019
Summary

A focus on the species that need intact blocks of interior forests and will not be protected well enough by the New England Clean Energy Connect. This part focuses specifically on the American Marten.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eliza Donoghue

Institutions: Maine Audubon Society

Location

New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

american marten

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Donoghue, E. 3 April 2019. "NECEC and Forest Fragmentation Part 2: The Ovenbird." Accessed from (https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-2-the-ovenbird/)

Source Link

https://www.maineaudubon.org/news/necec-and-forest-fragmentation-part-3-the-american-marten/

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Comparing the Climatic and Landscape Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Cases in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States


2020
Summary

In this study, we explored and compared the climatic and landscape factors that shape the spatial patterns of human Lyme cases in these two regions, using the generalized linear mixed models.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Yuting Dong , Zheng Huang , Young Zhang , Yingying X.G. Wang , Yang La

Institutions: Nanjing Normal University, College of Life Sciences , Nanjing Forestry University, College of Biology and the Environment , University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science , Medical College, Tibet University

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

lyme disease

Topic Tags

management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Dong, Y.; Huang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.X.; La, Y. Comparing the Climatic and Landscape Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Cases in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1548.

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/5/1548

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New Hampshire Everlasting: An Initiative to Conserve Our Quality-of-Life


2001
Summary

The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1901 that has helped protect over one million acres in the state. The Society has on-going programs in land protection, environmental education, advocacy, research, and sustainable forest management. This Article explains the goals of the New Hampsire Everlasting program.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Sarah Thorne

Institutions: Society for the Protection of NH Forests

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Thorne, S. 22 September 2001. "New Hampshire Everlasting: An Initiatibe to Conserve Our Quality-of-Life." Accessed From (https://forestsociety.org/sites/default/files/nheverlasting.pdf)

Source Link

https://forestsociety.org/sites/default/files/nheverlasting.pdf

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State of New Hampshire


2019
Summary

A resource overview and management direction for New Hampshire's proposed plans for Ashouelot River Conservation Focus Area, Blueberry Swamp Conservation Focus Area, Mascoma River Conservation Focus area, Pondicherry Conservation Focus Area, and Sprague Brook Conservation Focus area.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: State of New Hampshire

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

management, policy

Citation

State of New Hampshire. "Resources Overview and Management Direction for Conservation Focus Areas and Refuge Units" Accessed from https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Silvio_O_Conte_Complex/Silvio_O_Conte/01(f)w_Appendix_A_Conservation_Focus_Areas_New_Hampshire(435.pdf

Source Link

https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_5/NWRS/North_Zone/Silvio_O_Conte_Complex/Silvio_O_Conte/01(f)w_Appendix_A_Conservation_Focus_Areas_New_Hampshire(435.pdf

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2017
Summary

This website summarizes that are facing Connecticut's forest, with a focus on birds, and highlights some of the current programs in place to combat these issues.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Sean Grace

Institutions: Connecticut Audubon Society

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

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A Multi-Scale Perspective of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Birds in Eastern Forests


2002
Summary

This is a report of a model that considers forest fragmentation within a spatial hierarchy that includes regional or biogeographic effects, landscape-level fragmentation effects, and local habitat effects. This model is largely a hypothesis based on retroduction from existing studies; nevertheless, the belief is that it has important conservation and research implications.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Therese Donovan , Richard DeGraaf , Frank Thompson , John Faaborg , Scott K. Robinson

Institutions: The Cooper Ornithological Society

Location

New England, New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Thompson, Frank R.; Donovan, Therese M.; DeGraff, Richard M.; Faaborg, John; Robinson, Scott K. 2002. "A Multi-Scale Perspective of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Birds in Eastern Forests." In: George, T. Luke; Dobkin, David S., eds. Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Birds in Western Landscapes: Contrasts With Paradigms from the Eastern United States. Studies in Avian Biology. 25:8-19

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/13805

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2010
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ruth Yanai , Dylan Parry , Dustin M. Wood , Nicholas E. Pitel

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

defoliation, forest tent caterpillar

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Wood, D. M.; Parry, D.; Yanai, R. D.; Pitel, N. E. 2 August, 2010. "Forest Fragmentation and Duration of Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hubner) Outbreaks in Northern Hardwood Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 260, Issue 7, 31 August 2010, pp. 1193-1197. ScienceDirect https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.011

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112710003828

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A Meta-Analysis of Forest Cover, Edge Effects, and Artificial Nest Predation Rates


1998
Summary

This study evaluates the relationships between the degree of forest cover in a landscape and 1) avian nest success rates and 2) the existence of elevated predation rates near habitat edges. Data is combined from 13 previous studies in 33 U.S. landscapes to explore patterns of nest predation and landscape composition.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Malcolm Hunter, Mitschka J. Hartley

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

predation

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2387518?seq=1

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Effects of timber size-class on predation of artificial nests in extensive forest


1988
Summary

Depredation on artificial ground and cup nests in even-aged seedling/sapling, pole, and mature stands of continuous northern harwood forest was studied in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, USA from May to June 1988. Track-board nests were used to identify predators of ground nests; plain ground nests and cup nests were used to investigate the effects of timber size-class on rates of predation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf , Per Angelstam

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Grimsö Wildlife Research Station

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

predation, white mountain national forest

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

DeGraaf, R. M.; Angelstam, P. "Effects of Timber Size-Class on Predation of Artificial Nests in Extensive Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 61, issues 1-2, October 1993, pp. 127-136. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(93)90194-R

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037811279390194R

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Nest predation rates in managed and reserved extensive northern hardwood forests


1991
Summary

Depredation rates on artificial ground and shrub nests in large blocks of managed and remote reserved northern hardwood forests were studied in the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) (303 930 ha) in New Hampshire, USA, from June to August 1991. Both types of nests were monitored by trip cameras that recorded depredations as eggs were removed.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard DeGraaf

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station , University of Massachusetts Amherst

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

white mountain national forest

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

DeGraaf, R. M. "Nest Predation Rates in Managed and Reserved Extensive Northern Hardwood Forests." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 79, issue 3, December 1995, pp. 227-234. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(95)03594-X

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037811279503594X

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Forest Fragmentation May Increase Lyme Disease Risk


2003
Summary

This article describes a few results of studies on forest fragmentation and how it relates to blacklegged tick populations in the north eastern United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robin Meadows

Institutions: Society For Conservation Biology

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

ticks

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Society For Conservation Biology. "Forest Fragmentation May Increase Lyme Disease Risk." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 January 2003.

Source Link

https://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/forest-fragmentation-may-increase-lyme-disease-risk/

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Habitat Fragmentation And Arthropod Community Change: Carrion Beetles, Phoretic Mites, And Flies


2001
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: James Gibbs , Edward J. Stanton

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY)

Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

insects

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Gibbs, J.P.; Stanton, E.J. (2001), "HABITAT FRAGMENTATION AND ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY CHANGE: CARRION BEETLES, PHORETIC MITES, AND FLIES." Ecological Applications, Accessed from https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0079:HFAACC]2.0.CO;2

Source Link

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0079:HFAACC]2.0.CO;2

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A Reevaluation of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Rates of Bird?Nest Predation


1995
Summary

This is a presentation of data indicating that the trends reported by quail-egg experiments do not constitute compelling evidence that forest fragmentation increases rates of predation on passerine nests.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David G. Haskell

Institutions: Cornell University

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

predation

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Haskell, D.G. (1995), "A Reevaluation of the Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Rates of Bird?Nest Predation." Conservation Biology, vol 9, issue 5, pp. 1316-1318, Accessed from https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9051312.x-i1

Source Link

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1995.9051312.x-i1

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Bottom-Up and Top-Down Effects of Forest Fragmentation Differ Between Dietary Generalist and Specialist Caterpillars


2017 to 2019
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Riley M. Anderson , Nicole M. Dallar , Nikki L. Pirtel , Christian J. Connors , James Mickley , Robert Bagchi , Michael S. Singer

Institutions: Wesleyan University, University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

herbivory, parasites

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00452/full

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Forest Fragmentation and Parcelization


2020
Summary

A description of the information on Vermont's forest fragmentation and parcelization by the Mad River Valley Planning District.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel

Institutions: Mad River Valley Planning District

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

"Forest Fragmentation and Parcelization" mad River Valley Planning District, Accessed from https://mrvpd.org/forest-fragmentation-and-parcelization/

Source Link

https://mrvpd.org/forest-fragmentation-and-parcelization/

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Habitat Loss and Fragmentation


2020
Summary

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies: Vermont Atlas of life website uses this article to talk about habitat loss and fragmentation and the impacts on bird populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Center for Ecostudies, VCE

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

"Habitat Loss and Fragmentation" The Vermont Center for Ecostudies, 2020, Accessed from https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vermont-breeding-bird-atlas/habitat-loss-and-fragmentation/

Source Link

https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/vermont-breeding-bird-atlas/habitat-loss-and-fragmentation/

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2019 to 2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Allaire Diamond

Institutions: Vermont Land Trust

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Diamond, A. "VLT Ecologist Reaches Students With Another Definition for 'Breakups'." Breaking Up Hurts - Why Forest Blocks Matter to Nature and People, Youth Environmental Summit, 1 November 2019, Accessed from https://www.vlt.org/forests-wildlife-nature/youth-environmental-summit-forest-blocks-breakups

Source Link

https://www.vlt.org/forests-wildlife-nature/youth-environmental-summit-forest-blocks-breakups

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Results of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, 1989-1996


1989 to 1996
Summary

This study conducted a statistical analysis of breeding census data from the first 8 years (1989-1996) of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program (FBMP). Data were collected at 17 study sites located in large tracts (=40.5 ha) of mature, forested habitats in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christopher Rimmer , Kent McFarland , Steven Faccio

Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

mature forests

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3858561?seq=1

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Area Sensitive Distributions Counteract Negative Effects Of Habitat Fagmentation On Breeding Birds


2001
Summary

This study used a modeling approach to determine the conditions under which fragmentation of breeding habitat can cause landscape?scale population declines in songbirds. The simulated species resided in a system of forest patches (a landscape) and could potentially disperse among patches between breeding seasons.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Therese Donovan , Roland L. Lamberson

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), Humboldt State University

Location

New England, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

breeding

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Donovan, T. M.; Lamberson, R. H. "Area-Sensitive Distributions Counteract Negative Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Breeding Birds." Ecology Ecological Society of America, vol 82, issue 4, pp. 1170-1179, 1 April 2001, Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1170:ASDCNE]2.0.CO;2

Source Link

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1170:ASDCNE]2.0.CO;2

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Landscape-Level Habitat Use by Brown-Headed Cowbirds in Vermont


1995
Summary

This report is on a study of the distribution of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in a forested landscape in central Vermont to better understand the effects of forest disturbance on the occurrence of this species in New England.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Dave Capen , Daniel R. Coker

Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3801938?seq=1

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Active Humans, Inactive Carnivores, and Hiking Trails within a Suburban Preserve


2011 to 2012
Summary

The objectives of this study were to investigate the spatial and temporal activity patterns of mammalian carnivores in relation to distance from hiking trails. From 2011-2012, 236 camera stations were randomly deployed between trail and off-trail areas that covered an area of 4.8km2.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Melissa M. Grigione , Sonny Bandak , Ronald J. Sarno , Michaela C. Peterson , Daniel Farkas

Institutions: Hofstra University, Department of Biology , Pace University

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

mammals, carnivores

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Bandak, Sonny; Sarno, Ronald J.; Peterson, Michaela C.; Farkas, Daniel; and Grigione, Melissa M. (2020) ""Active Humans, Inactive Carnivores, and Hiking Trails within a Suburban Preserve,"" Suburban Sustainability: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. https://www.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5038/2164-0866.6.1.1032 Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/subsust/vol6/iss1/1"

Source Link

https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/subsust/vol6/iss1/1/

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New Report Reveals 'Breaking Up' of Vermont Forest Parcels


2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Business Magazine

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Vermont Business Magazine "New Report Reveals 'Breaking Up' of Vermont Forest Parcels." 25 October 2018, Accessed from https://vermontbiz.com/news/2018/october/25/new-report-reveals-breaking-vermont-forest-parcels

Source Link

https://vermontbiz.com/news/2018/october/25/new-report-reveals-breaking-vermont-forest-parcels

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2019
Summary

From warblers and thrushes to vireos and flycatchers, Vermont provides summer breeding habitat for some of the greatest diversity of neotropical migratory songbirds found anywhere in the lower 48 states. Many of these species are at risk due to loss of suitable habitat, forest fragmentation, introduced species, incompatible forest management, and climate change. Bird conservation in the 21st century requires a proactive, multi-disciplinary approach.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steve Hagenbuch

Institutions: Audubon Vermont , American Forest Foundation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

climate change, breeding birds, bird, breeding

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Hagenbuch, S. "Webinar: Conserving Vermont's Forest Birds." Woods and Wildlife, 2019, Accessed from https://vimeo.com/332483829

Source Link

https://vimeo.com/332483829

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2017 The Status Of Vermont Forest Birds: A Quarter Century of Monitoring


1998 to 2017
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

songbirds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Vermont Center for Ecostudies "2017 The Status Of Vermont Forest Birds: A Quarter Century of Monitoring." 2017, Accessed from https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Status-of-VT-Forest-Birds.pdf

Source Link

https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Status-of-VT-Forest-Birds.pdf

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Assessment of the Impact of Forest Habitat Fragmentation Through Analysis of Genetic Variability of Wood Frogs in Continuous and Discontinuous Forested Swamp Areas in Connecticut


1995 to 1996
Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the ecological and genetic consequences due to habitat fragmentation. To assess the impact that barriers such as roadways have on small bodied, forest-dwelling animals, this study will focus on the genetic variability in wood frogs, Rana sylvatica, in discontinuous and continuous forested swamp areas in Connecticut.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Karen H. Beard , Benjamin H. Packard

Institutions: Yale University

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

frogs, roadways

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Beard, K. H.; Packard, B. H.; "Assessment of the Impact of Forest Habitat Fragmentation Through Analysis of Genetic Variability of Wood Frogs in Continuous and Discontinuous Forested Swamp Areas in Connecticut" 14 August 1996, Accessed from https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/2153

Source Link

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/2153

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Response of Bird Populations To Long-Term Changes In Local Vegetation and Regional Forest Cover


2015
Summary

This study analyzed data from a woodland site for a 59-year period to determine whether changes in bird populations are related to changes in the diversity and relative abundance of woody plant species even when vegetation structure, degree of forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape, and regional changes in bird populations are taken into account. Principal component analyses generated vegetation factors encompassing variables such as total basal area, shrub density, basal area of common tree species, and measures of tree and shrub species diversity. It also calculated a forest edge/forest area index based on GIS analysis of the landscape within 2 km of the study site.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Askins , Mary Buchanan , Chad C. Jones

Institutions: Connecticut College, University of Connecticut

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

plant species, birds, gis

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://wjoonline.org/doi/abs/10.1676/15-108.1

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Relationship Between the Regional Abundance of Forest and the Composition of Forest Bird Communities


1987
Summary

This study surveyed bird populations in 46 forest tracts in Connecticut, USA, to determined how the distribution of birds is related to forest area, isolation from other forest, and vegetation structure.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Askins , Margarett J. Philbrick

Institutions: Connecticut College

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Askins, R. A.; Philbrick, M. J.; Sugeno, D. S. "Relationship Between the Regional Abundance of Forest and the Composition of Forest Bird Communities" Biological Conservation, vol. 39, issue 2, 1987, pp. 129-152, 6 March 1986. Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320787900309

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320787900309

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Regional-Scale Assessment of Deer Impacts on Vegetation Within Western Connecticut, USA


2010
Summary

This study conducted a survey in western Connecticut, USA, woodlots to examine how spatial variation in deer densities influences variation in impacts on plant species abundance, identity and diversity, and tree regeneration. It also used a Geographic Information System to quantify trends between land?cover type and deer density.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

deer

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Rutherford, A. C.; Schmitz, O. J. "Regional?Scale Assessment of Deer Impacts on Vegetation Within Western Connecticut, USA" The Journal of Wildlife Management, col 74, issue 6, August 2010, pp. 1257-1263. Accessed from https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1937-2817.2010.tb01246.x

Source Link

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1937-2817.2010.tb01246.x

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Nonnative Vegetation Dynamics in the Understory of a Fragmented Temperate Forest


2019
Summary

This study examined 11 years of compositional and structural change in a small (60 ha) forest preserve in Connecticut with abundant invasive plants, a diverse land use history, and varied edaphic characteristics. It quantified the extent to which vegetation composition changed at the species, life form, and community scales and then assessed the possible factors driving these changes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Foster , Edward Faison , Betsy Von Holle , Joshua M. Rapp , Sarah Moore

Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Forest , Harvard University , Highstead

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

invasives

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/The-Journal-of-the-Torrey-Botanical-Society/volume-146/issue-4/TORREY-D-19-00004.1/Nonnative-vegetation-dynamics-in-the-understory-of-a-fragmented-temperate/10.3159/TORREY-D-19-00004.1.short

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Emigration Behavior of Spotted Salamanders on Golf Courses in Southern Rhode Island


2006
Summary

Few studies have investigated the emigration behavior of adult ambystomatid salamanders in fragmented landscapes. This study assessed the emigration behavior of 30 Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) by implanting transmitters in 2003. Study sites, all in southern Rhode Island, included an active golf course, a golf course under construction, and a closed-canopy forest that served as a control site.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Katherine E. Montieth , Peter W. C. Paton

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

salamanders

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4092981?seq=1

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2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steve Ahlquist

Institutions: Uprise RI

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

Ahlqyist, S. "If Invenergy Builds a Power Plant in Northwest Rhode Island, This is What We Lose" Uprise RI, 10 July 2018, Accessed from https://upriseri.com/2018-07-10-what-we-lose/

Source Link

https://upriseri.com/2018-07-10-what-we-lose/

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Habitat Correlates of Reproductive Effort in Wood Frogs and Spotted Salamanders in an Urbanizing Watershed


2007
Summary

This study was interested in the effects of habitat characteristics on amphibian population size and used Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) and Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) egg mass counts as an index. Between 2001 and 2005, it monitored 65 seasonal ponds within forested landscapes in the Pawcatuck River watershed of Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Peter W. C. Paton , Dennis E. Skidds , Francis C. Golet , Jonathan C. Mitchell

Institutions: National Park Service, NPS, University of Rhode Island

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

amphibians, salamanders

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Herpetology/volume-41/issue-3/0022-1511(2007)41[439:HCOREI]2.0.CO;2/Habitat-Correlates-of-Reproductive-Effort-in-Wood-Frogs-and-Spotted/10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[439:HCOREI]2.0.CO;2.short

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Effects of Landscape Fragmentation and Climate on Lyme Disease Incidence in the Northeastern United States


2014
Summary

This study explores the influence of landscape (e.g., land use pattern and landscape fragmentation) and climatic factors (e.g., temperature and precipitation) at a regional scale on Lyme disease incidence. The study area includes thirteen states in the Northeastern United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Phoebe Minh Tran , Lance Waller

Institutions: Emory University

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

lyme disease

Topic Tags

management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-013-0890-y

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Landscape and Habitat Predictors of Canada Warbler (Wilsonia Canadensis) and Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) Occurrence in Rhode Island Swamps


1999
Summary

This thesis examined the relative influence of forest habitat characteristics and landscape context on the presence of Canada Warblers (Wilsonia canadensis) and Northern Waterthrushes (Seiurus noveboracensis) in 80 survey plots located in 44 Rhode Island forested swamps during 1997 and 1998. It used both univariate and forward stepwise logistic regression analysis to create models for predicting the probability of occurrence, or incidence, of each species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Francis C. Golet , Nicholas A. Miller

Institutions: University of Rhode Island

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/601/

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Emerging Dragonfly Diversity at Small Rhode Island (U.S.A.) Wetlands Along an Urbanization Gradient


2004 to 2010
Summary

Natural habitat use by dragonflies was assessed on an urban to rural land-use gradient at a set of 21 wetlands, during two emergence seasons (2004, 2005). The wetlands were characterized for urbanization level by using the first factor from a principal components analysis combining chloride concentration in the wetland and percent forest in the surrounding buffer zone. Measurements of species diversity and its components (species richness and evenness) were analyzed and compared along the urbanization gradient, as were distributions of individual species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Howard Ginsberg, Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi

Institutions: University of Rhode Island

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

urbanization

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-010-0133-8

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Forest Disturbance Process: Fragmentation and Land Use Change


2013
Summary

NRS researchers are working to develop a better understanding of land use and land cover change and the effects of forest fragmentation and to develop knowledge and tools to help people make informed choices about how they use natural resources.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

natural resources

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

"Fragmentation and Land Use Change" Forest Disturbance Processes, April 11, 2013, Accessed from https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/land_use_fragmentation/

Source Link

https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/land_use_fragmentation/

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Workshop Proceedings: Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds


1979
Summary

This is an overview of the third workshop of the National Nongame Bird Steering Committee. The purpose of this workshop is to share state of the art nongame bird research and management in various ecoregions of the United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert A. Hann

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Hann, R. A. "Workshop Proceedings: Management of North Central and Northeastern Forests for Nongame Birds" 1992, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3vcTAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=ZQbkzT-qqF&sig=4Kf_Jg5yuZqvaCeuKKNYphk9rSk#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3vcTAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA198&dq=forest+fragmentation+northeast+us&ots=ZQbkzT-qqF&sig=4Kf_Jg5yuZqvaCeuKKNYphk9rSk#v=onepage&q=forest fragmentation northeast us&f=false

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Defining Forest Fragmentation by Corridor Width: The Influence of Narrow Forest-Dividing Corridors on Forest-Nesting Birds in Southern New Jersey


1994
Summary

This study examined three types of ubiquitous, narrow, forest-dividing corridors for effects that influence the relative abundance and community composition of forest-nesting birds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Adam C. Rich , David S. Dobkin , Lawrence J. Niles

Institutions: Society For Conservation Biology , High Desert Ecological Research Institute

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

birds, corridor, nesting

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Rich, A.C., Dobkin, D.S. and Niles, L.J. (1994), "Defining Forest Fragmentation by Corridor Width: The Influence of Narrow Forest-Dividing Corridors on Forest-Nesting Birds in Southern New Jersey". Conservation Biology, 8: 1109-1121. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041109.x

Source Link

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08041109.x

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Forest Canopy Closure and Juvenile Emigration by Pool-Breeding Amphibians in Maine


1999
Summary

This study examined whether selection occurs for closed-canopy forest conditions during emigration by using pitfall traps and drift fences to sample naturally occurring populations of wood frogs and spotted salamanders along recently created forest clearcut edges in central Maine.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Malcolm Hunter, Phillip DeMaynadier

Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

amphibians, vernal pools, canopy

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3802629

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Effects of Silvicultural Edges on the Distribution and Abundance of Amphibians in Maine


2008
Summary

To better understand the importance of edge effects on amphibians in a forested landscape, this study sampled the distribution of populations along drift fences placed perpendicular to silvicultural edges of varying contrast in central Maine.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Malcolm Hunter, Phillip DeMaynadier

Institutions: University of Maine, Orono, Department of Wildlife Ecology, Society For Conservation Biology

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

silviculture, abundance, amphibian, distribution, edge

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Demaynadier, P.G., Hunter, M.L. (1998), "Effects of Silvicultural Edges on the Distribution and Abundance of Amphibians in Maine". Conservation Biology, 12: 340-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96412.x

Source Link

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96412.x

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Active Forest Management Reduces Blacklegged Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen Exposure Risk


2018 to 2019
Summary

This was a two year study that tested the hypothesis that recent timber harvesting impacts blacklegged tick density and infection prevalence in managed nonindustrual forests

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jessica Leahy, Christine E. Conte , Allison M. Gardner

Institutions: University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Forest Resources , University of Maine, School of Biology and Ecology

Location

Hancock, Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

ticks, pathogens

Topic Tags

management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10393-021-01531-1

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Fine-Scale Habitat Use and Movement of Wood Turtles (Gluptemys Insculpta) in the Northwoods of Maine and Vermont


2020
Summary

The movement and fine-scale habitat selection of two wood turtle populations was analyzed to inform management strategies that help sustain these wood turtle populations. This research also provides baseline data for populations located in relatively unfragmented habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Sierra R. Marchacos

Institutions: Unity College , Plymouth State University

Location

Vermont, Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

turtles

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Marchacos, S. R., "Fine-Scale Habitat Use and Movement of Wood Turtles (Gluptemys Insculpta) in the Northwoods of Maine and Vermont". Unity College, Plymouth State University, December 2020. Accessed from (https://www.proquest.com/openview/514cc50012e0378b3c03ed0f6ae96018/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=44156)

Source Link

https://www.proquest.com/openview/514cc50012e0378b3c03ed0f6ae96018/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=44156

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A Closer Look at Forests on the Edge: Future Development on Private Forests in Three States


2008
Summary

This book examines the factors behind projected patterns of residential development and conversion of private forest land by 2030 in northwestern Washington, southern Maine and northwestern Georgia.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Eric M. White

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Book

Tags

private forests

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

White, E.M. "A Closer Look at Forests on the Edge: Future Development on Private Forests in Three States" USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. May 2008. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_BTJPvR8n8AC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=forest+parcelization+maine&ots=4sJ4SGlKtt&sig=kbE86lB5vMSbpIgr4XxquJYTgbs#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_BTJPvR8n8AC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=forest+parcelization+maine&ots=4sJ4SGlKtt&sig=kbE86lB5vMSbpIgr4XxquJYTgbs#v=onepage&q&f=false

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2019
Summary

This is a report on the forests of New York and their importance in the habitat of birds and conservation for those bird populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Suzanne Treyger

Institutions: Audubon New York

Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://ny.audubon.org/sites/default/files/free_guide_forest_management_new_york_birds.pdf

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2015
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Linking Lands Alliance

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

threats

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.linkinglandsalliance.org/wildlifethreats

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Monitoring Forest Bird Populations in Vermont: Results of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, 1989-1996


1989 to 1996
Summary

Using data from the first eight years of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, a statistical analysis of birds censused during breeding season was conducted at 17 study sites located in mature, forested habitats in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Christopher Rimmer , Kent McFarland , Steven Faccio

Institutions: VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science)

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Faccio, S. D., Rimmer, C. C., McFarland, K. P. "Monitoring Forest Bird Populations in Vermont: Results of the Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program, 1989-1996" Vermont Institute of Natural Science, November 1997. Accessed from (https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/BirdPopulations.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/BirdPopulations.pdf

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2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jesse Leavenworth

Institutions: Hartford Courant

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

weather, insects, forest cover

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ct-forest-report-20201201-xrow7csyzjff7hhe4mwzm7mr2y-story.html

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Forest Bird Habitat Assessment


2016 to 2017
Summary

Information in this report is presented from the landscape level to the property level. This assessment was conducted in order to determine what birds are currently utilizing the habitats on the property, describe and assess current forest bird habitat conditions on the property and make recommendations for protecting and improving habitat for a suite of priority forest birds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station , Ferrucci & Walicki, LLC , Audubon Connecticut

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Forest Bird Habitat Assessment" Audubon Connecticut, 28 February, 2017. Accessed from (https://www.cantonlandtrust.org/static/docs/sww-audubon-2017.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.cantonlandtrust.org/static/docs/sww-audubon-2017.pdf

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Natural Resources Inventory


2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: North Smithfield Land Trust

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

inventory, natural resources

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Natural Resources Inventory" North Smithfield Land Trust, 12 December, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif3596/f/uploads/natural_resources_12-12-18.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.nsmithfieldri.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif3596/f/uploads/natural_resources_12-12-18.pdf

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Predictors of Species Sensitivity to Fragmentation


2001
Summary

This study reviewed empirical data and hypotheses derived from demographic, optimal foraging, life-history, community, and biogeographic theory for predicting the sensitivity of species to habitat fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Klaus Henle , Kendi F. Davies , Michael Kleyer , Chris Margules , Josef Settele

Institutions: University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management , Floreat - CSIRO , CSIRO Land and Water Flagship , Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:BIOC.0000004319.91643.9e#citeas

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Extinction, Causes of


2013
Summary

This chapter of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Second Edition) focuses on the threats effecting biodiversity as the human population grows.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard Primack , Rachel A. Morrison

Institutions: Boston University , National Institute of Oceanography , Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

extinction

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Primack, R.B., Morrison, R.A. "Extinction, Cause of". Encyclopedia of Biodiversity ed.2, pp 401-412, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00050-2

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123847195000502

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2014
Summary

This article outlines the impacts of humans on the environment from a prehistoric time all the way up to and beyond the human population boom with a focus on climate change and invasive species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Scott A. Elias

Institutions: University of London

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

human impacts

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489091442

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Bees, Specialists and Global Change in Forests of the Northeastern United States


2020
Summary

This dissertation focuses on two types of specialization found in wild bees. The first of these is foraging-bout specialization, whereby an individual bee will visit a single plant species during a foraging bout. The second focus is on forest specialist bee species, which depend exclusively on forest habitat for their survival. Evidence from non-bee taxa suggests that, in general, forest specialists are particularly vulnerable to decline, given widespread deforestation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Colleen Smith

Institutions: Rutgers University

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/64109/

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Forest Fragmentation and Lyme Disease in the Northeastern US


2014
Summary

Fragmentation has had important consequences for the animal host communities that support tick populations and transmission of the Lyme disease spirochete in the region, including evidence that fragmented forests support fewer vertebrate species, higher abundance of reservoir hosts for the bacteria and larger populations of ticks.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Andrew MacDonald

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

lyme disease

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Macdonald, A. J.. "Forest Fragmentation and Lyme Disease in the Northeastern US" 2014. Accessed from (https://andrewjmacdonald.weebly.com/forest-fragmentation-and-lyme-disease-transmission-in-the-us-northeast.html)

Source Link

https://andrewjmacdonald.weebly.com/forest-fragmentation-and-lyme-disease-transmission-in-the-us-northeast.html

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Effects of Terrestrial Transport Corridors and Associated Landscape Context on Invasion by Forest Plants


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kurt Ritters , Samuel F. Ward , Benjamin S. Taylor , Kelly-Ann Dixon Hamil , Songlin Fei

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , Purdue University, Purdue University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources , University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Department of Economics

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

plants, corridors, terrestrial habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-020-02308-3

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Deer Wintering Areas and Forest Fragmentation


2013
Summary

This map contrasts deer wintering sites with areas of human-induced forest fragmentation and conserved lands in Maine. Fragmentation is represented as the percentage of remaining forest cover.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Colby College

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Map

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Abel V., "Deer Wintering Areas and Forest Fragmentation," Atlas of Maine: Vol. 2013: No. 1, Article 15. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2013/iss1/15

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2013/iss1/15/

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Forest Health Monitoring: 2005 National Technical Report


2005 to 2007
Summary

This annual technical report is a product of the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program. The report provides information about a variety of issues relating to forest health at the national scale. Previous FHM national reports have had a dual focus of presenting analyses of the latest available data and showcasing innovative techniques for analyzing forest health data.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Ambrose

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Ambrose M. J., "Introduction to 2005 National Technical Report", 2007, https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/55878

Source Link

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/29282

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Forest Ecology Research at Schoodic Institute


2022
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Forest Ecology Research at Schoodic Institute", Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park, 2022, Accessed from: https://schoodicinstitute.org/science/forest-ecology-research/

Source Link

https://schoodicinstitute.org/science/forest-ecology-research/

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Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation


2005
Summary

This is a review of the extensive literature on species responses to habitat fragmentation, and detail the numerous ways in which confounding factors have either masked the detection, or prevented the manifestation, of predicted fragmentation effects.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Raphael Didham

Institutions: University of Canterbury

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Ewers R. M., Didham R. K., "Confounding factors in the detection of species responses to habitat fragmentation" University of Canterbury, 2005, Accessed from: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4079/Ewers_and_Didham_2006.pdf?sequ

Source Link

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/4079/Ewers_and_Didham_2006.pdf?sequ

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Range contractions of the Broad-winged Hawk in the Northeast United States


2021
Summary

The Broad-winged Hawk (BWHA, Buteo platypterus) is a small, secretive hawk with distinguishing broad black tail bands that breeds in northeastern North America. The hawk nests in deciduous or mixed forest, often near water, and close to clearings or forest edges. Land conversion and fragmentation alters the landscape and reduces the area of contiguous forest used by BWHA. This study seeks to determine the landscape characteristics influencing the apparent breeding range declines of the BWHA at the landscape scale.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Pruitt R., Goodrich L., Shumar M. B., Wilson A. M., "Range contractions of the Broad-winged Hawk in the Northeast United States", 8 October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.06.463411

Source Link

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.06.463411v1.abstract

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New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan


2021
Summary

New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan identifies key conservation priorities across the lands in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts that drain to the Atlantic Ocean via the Piscataqua River and through the Hampton-Seabrook Estuary.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Peter Steckler

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy, New Hampshire Chapter

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Steckler P., Ormiston A., "New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed Conservation Plan", 30 June 2021, accessed from: http://www.greatbaypartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/NH-Coastal-Watershed-Conservation-Plan-20210630.pdf

Source Link

http://www.greatbaypartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/NH-Coastal-Watershed-Conservation-Plan-20210630.pdf

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Application of Remote Sensing in Gathering Avian Data in the Wild in Order to Delineate Conservation Strategies


2022
Summary

Information on climate tendencies is essential for the powerful assurance of risked avian species. At present events, fake turbulences impacts influence the conditions. Perpetual undertakings of bounty appearances are impacting the scatterings of various sorts of birds similar to other faunal species. The time has come to get notice of such effects and find judicious ways to actually look at them. To characterize insurance procedures, it is uncommonly pressing to have every one of the information about the avian assortment present close by. For certain species, especially those living in distant locales, we by and by miss the mark on this information. Regardless, time and money-related resources for taking apart normal environmental elements use are limited.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Dubey S., Pant H., Malviya S. J., Kushwaha P., "Application of Remote Sensing in Gathering Avian Data in the Wild in Order to Delineate Conservation Strategies", Geospatial Technology and its Applications in Resource Management, Chapter 22, pp. 245-262, Accessed from: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hemlata-Pant-3/publication/363262975_Application_of_Remote_Sensing_in_Gathering_Avian_Data_in_the_Wild_in_Order_to_Delineate_Conservation_Strategies/links/63144d4c5eed5e4bd145885e/Application-of-Remote-Sensing-in-Gathering-Avian-Data-in-the-Wild-in-Order-to-Delineate-Conservation-Strategies.pdf

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hemlata-Pant-3/publication/363262975_Application_of_Remote_Sensing_in_Gathering_Avian_Data_in_the_Wild_in_Order_to_Delineate_Conservation_Strategies/links/63144d4c5eed5e4bd145885e/Application-of-Remote-Sensing-in-Gathering-Avian-Data-in-the-Wild-in-Order-to-Delineate-Conservation-Strategies.pdf

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Forest Fragmentation and Nest Predation: Are Experiments with Japanese Quail Eggs Misleading?


1995
Summary

The evidence that fragmentation of forests in eastern North America increases rates of nest predation based on the results of experiments in which artificial nests baited with Japanese Quail eggs are used to compare rates of predation in fragments of different sizes. The lack of parental and nestling activity and the potentially unnatural positioning and appearance of artificial nests complicates the interpretation of artificial nest experiments. This paper discusses wheather quail-egg experiments are an appropriate tool for investigating among fragment differences in the rate of predation on Neotropical migrant bird nests.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David G. Haskell

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Haskell D. G., "Forest Fragmentation and Nest Predation: Are Experiments with Japanese Quail Eggs Misleading?", The Auk, July 1995, v. 112, no. 3, pp. 767-770, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4088694

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4088694

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The Relevance of Forest Fragmentation on the Incidence of Human Babesiosis: Investigating the Landscape Epidemiology of an Emerging Tick-Borne Disease


2013
Summary

Babesiosis is an emerging arthropod-borne infection that has been increasing in incidence for the last decade in the northeastern United States. Babesiosis may share features of its landscape epidemiology with other arthropod-borne infections transmitted by the same tick vectors in similar geographic spaces. This study examined 11 years of surveillance data in New York State to measure the relationship between forest fragmentation and the incidence of human babesiosis.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Michael Walsh

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Walsh M. G., "The Relevance of Forest Fragmentation on the Incidence of Human Babesiosis: Investigating the Landscape Epidemiology of an Emerging Tick-Borne Disease", 27 March 2013, v. 13, no. 4, https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2012.1198

Source Link

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/vbz.2012.1198?casa_token=T4Ymn5OYBc0AAAAA:POvms47hGqax4upSR4ASJDNg4NA1b3TgAfLStmHPmBuzCr5f9tp6rzUnnaEMc1fCH-u4G2Y2ioJYjD4

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Forest fragmentation and ecosystem function


2014
Summary

Urbanization and the spread of agriculture have resulted in high levels of forest loss and fragmentation in many regions of the world. The impact of this anthropogenic fragmentation on ecological functioning has been poorly studied. This chapter assesses the responses of selected plant- and animal-mediated processes to forest fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Peh K. S. H., YangChen L., Luke S. H., Foster W. A., Turner E. C., "Forest Fragmentation and Ecosystem Services", 1 January 2014, https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780642031.009

Source Link

https://cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1079/9781780642031.0096

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New York Conservation Summary


2022
Summary

While the name New York is often equated with the concrete jungle of New York City, looking beyond the Big Apple reveals a remarkable diversity of natural communities and habitats throughout the state. The interplay of climate and geologic forces over millions of years has crafted the landscape into a complex array of bedrock, surficial geology, soils, landforms, and topography. These varied physical settings and their associated ecological processes support the wonderful richness of plants and animals that live in New York (State!) today.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"New York Conservation Summary", 2022, Accessed from: http://www.landscope.org/new-york/overview/

Source Link

http://www.landscope.org/new-york/overview/

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Audubon Vermont, Why Healthy Forests?, Keeping Common Birds Common


Summary

The Atlantic Northern Forest of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York is home to the greatest diversity of breeding bird species in the continental United States. But the populations of many of these seemingly-common species are declining at alarming rates.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Audubon Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Why Healthy Forests?", 2022, Audubon Vermont, Accessed from: https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/why-healthy-forests

Source Link

https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/why-healthy-forests

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Foresters for the Birds


2008 to 2022
Summary

Foresters for the Birds is an innovative project that works to keep forests as forests and common birds common by helping landowners integrate the practices of timber and songbird habitat management. The project was established through a partnership between Audubon Vermont and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation in 2008. It has grown to become a network of foresters, biologists, and forest landowners across Vermont and the Atlantic Flyway who are working together to make a positive difference for forests, birds, and land stewardship in the region.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Audubon Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

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Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Foresters for the Birds", 2022, Audubon Vermont, Accessed from: https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/foresters-birds

Source Link

https://vt.audubon.org/conservation/foresters-birds

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A Geographic Information System Approach to Map Tick Exposure Risk at a Scale for Public Health Intervention


2021
Summary

This study presents a geographic information system (GIS) method for mapping predicted tick exposure risk at a 200 m by 200 m resolution, appropriate for public health intervention. They followed the approach used to map tick habitat suitability over large areas. They used drag-cloth sampling to measure the density of nymphal blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, Say (Acari: Ixodidae)) at 24 sites in Addison and Rutland Counties, VT, United States.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David Allen

Institutions: Middlebury College, Biology Department , University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Rutland, Addison

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/59/1/162/6395051

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Mitigating vector-borne pathogen spread risks through promoting Gmelina arborea-based afforestation and agroforestry on private farms


2021
Summary

In this paper, the role of afforestation and agroforestry in mitigating risk of bat-borne disease transmission to humans is explored using an epidemiological-agroforestry model of land use decision on private farms.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Ranjan R., "Mitigating vector-borne pathogen spread risks through promoting Gmelina arborea-based afforestation and agroforestry on private farms", Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 315, 15 September 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128215

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652621024331?casa_token=MIFApHHz-LYAAAAA:jgH_e2XFi1MIIVOONtWFLwmHLoTReHKL634DfZL_aHnqhc_ghJ7TcH18xc7aiyg-5ilBue1u9M0

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Forest Birds of Connecticut and Rhode Island


1985 to 2017
Summary

This volume extends upon the earlier works of Rhode Island and Connecticut breeding bird atlases by mapping the population density of forest birds inhabiting Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Connecticut, Rhode Island

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Craig R., "Forest Birds of Connecticut and Rhode Island", Bird Conservation Research, Inc., 2017, Accessed from: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/67189700/Forest_Birds_of_CT_RI_2-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1666020802&Signature=ZFB~SKGya-s5srW5E~XUgqZRVBd4JiqAcMloIJsWzEFPHBOB-9ZMZuMeCLR45B2qOlHVXpxDbSvX2pVuJ67zRXI6yfa-cs9-c6IXaKxGR-Sn5y1a5inURk~~Pdsut-cgTQKB0dMbMdljKo7WaQ3bAeIJXLL6b1kuyLN56Tm3dW9qRTECjyw-poatrMB6stQOB0K4lSd0W-RBB1Hp~W2Ti1~TJa7VxPC8EN0cls~X3MtnDjvJ0P6y0tnjBZgx4u4U7DZNzSqk1XFx8OozEColLVux1n2Emu1cMTwrfA6ld37PDwzLJkl8hB7X8mo~dkmptBkplmxSigPUxOL9hJdQug__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

Source Link

https://www.academia.edu/35777828/Forest_Birds_of_Connecticut_and_Rhode_Island

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Relationship Between Habitat and Landscape Features and the Avian Community of Red Maple Swamps in Southern Rhode Island


2001
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Francis C. Golet

Institutions: US Army Corp of Engineers , University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Golet F. C., Wang Y., Merrow J. S., DeRagon W. R., "Relationship Between Habitat and Landscape Features and the Avian Community of Red Maple Swamps in Southern Rhode Island", The Wilson Bulletin, 113(2), 217-227, 1 June 2001, https://doi.org/10.1676/0043-5643(2001)113[0217:RBHALF]2.0.CO;2

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/the-wilson-bulletin/volume-113/issue-2/0043-5643(2001)113[0217:RBHALF]2.0.CO;2/RELATIONSHIP-BETWEEN-HABITAT-AND-LANDSCAPE-FEATURES-AND-THE-AVIAN-COMMUNITY/10.1676/0043-5643(2001)113[0217:RBHALF]2.0.CO;2.short

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Multi-scale analysis of habitat fragmentation on small-mammal abundance and tick-borne pathogen infection prevalence in Essex County, MA


2022
Summary

Habitat fragmentation and heterogeneity transform otherwise contiguous tracks of forest into smaller patches in the northeastern U.S. and likely impact abundances, movement patterns, and disease transmission pathways for small-mammal communities at multiple scales. We sought to determine the structure of a small-mammal community in terms of mammal abundance and infection prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.), Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti within a fragmented landscape in Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Essex

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Mason S. D., Sherratt S. C., Kruguer S. M., Muthersbaugh M., Harris J. P., Gatlin W. C., Topp J. D., Keller G. S., "Multi-scale analysis of habitat fragmentation on small-mammal abundance and tick-borne pathogen infection prevalence in Essex County, MA", 13 June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269768

Source Link

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269768

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Assessing the effects of Close-to-Nature Forestry on forest birds in the eastern United States: A case study and way forward


2022
Summary

This study sought to 1) assess the effects of forest structural characteristics on avian species richness in a CTNF-managed forest in the eastern USA; 2) compare the results to county-level eBird data to identify the challenges of assessing the impacts of forestry practices on birds at landscape scales; 3) highlight the ambiguities in current forest management guidelines for improving avian habitats in the USA and 4) suggest long-term direction for evaluating the impacts of alternative forest management practices on birds.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Gresh J. M., Courter J. R., "Assessing the effects of Close-to-Nature Forestry on forest birds in the eastern United States: A case study and way forward", 27 August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1177/1758155922112171

Source Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17581559221121712

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Cohabitating with New England Cottontails: Habitat restoration for at-risk New England cottontail also benefits shrubland birds


2022
Summary

Ongoing habitat restoration efforts will help the survival of the New England cottontail, and new research by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) researchers published in Ecosphere finds that these efforts will have far-reaching benefits to shrubland-obligate birds with which the cottontail shares its habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Gosling N., Hatch A., "Cohabitating with New England Cottontails: Habitat restoration for at-risk New England cottontail also benefits shrubland birds", UNH Today, 9 August 2022, Accessed from: https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6690&context=unh_today

Source Link

https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6690&context=unh_today

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Effect of Land-Use Change on the Changes in Human Lyme Risk in the United States


2022
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Yuting Dong , Zheng Huang , Yingying X.G. Wang

Institutions: Nanjing Normal University, College of Life Sciences , University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

Citation

Ma Y., He G., Yang R., Wang Y. X. G., Huang Z. Y. X., Dong Y., "Effect of Land-Use Change on the Changes in Human Lyme Risk in the United States", Sustainability, 2022, v. 14, iss 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/su14105802

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/10/5802

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Relationships among North American songbird trends, habitat fragmentation, and landscape occupancy


1970 to 1980
Summary

The authors used Breeding Bird Survey data and associated landscape metrics to test the hypothesis that range-wide population change in species for which habitat fragmentation negatively affects reproductive success should depend on the proportion of the population that actually occupies fragmented landscapes. The results indicated a significant, negative relationship between the proportion of the breeding population occupying fragmented landscapes and the population trend from 1970 to 1980.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Therese Donovan

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

fragmentation, songbirds, bird survey, landscape occupancy

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Donovan, T.M. & Flather, C.H. (2002) Relationships Amoung North American Songbird Trends, Habitat Fragmentation, and Landscape Occupancy. Ecolocial Applications. 12(2): 346-374

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/23751

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Reversing the fragmentation perspective: effects of clearcut size on bird species richness in Maine


1989 to 1990
Summary

The authors examined the effects of clearcut size on bird species richness in a forest-dominated landscape in eastern Maine. They found that species richness increased with clearcut size but the number of species present per plot did not differ significantly over the size range of cuts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Tamia Rudnicky

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Baring Plt, Hancock, Washington

Resource Type

Article

Tags

clearcuts, bird species richness, edge effects, forest fragmentation, landscape ecology, patch size

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Rudnicky, T.C. & Hunter, M.L., (1993). Reversing the fragmentation perspective: effects of clearcut size on bird species richness in Maine. Ecological Applications, 3(2), pp.357-366.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1941838.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:66a4deafcb1c6633bf0c10cda580a9c4

Thumbnail for Analysis of potential habitat fragmentation impacts to songbirds and bats associated with the Baron Winds Project, New York

Analysis of potential habitat fragmentation impacts to songbirds and bats associated with the Baron Winds Project, New York


2017
Summary

This memo was prepared to assess the potential for habitat fragmentation impacts to breeding birds and bats from construction of the proposed Baron Winds Project.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Sarah Gravel

Institutions: Stantec Consulting Services, LLC, EverPower Wind Holdings Inc.

Location

Steuben

Resource Type

Report

Tags

fragmentation, songbirds, bats, certificate application, consulting, permit, wind turbines

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Gravel, S.B. and DiBello, F. (2017). Analysis of Potential Habitat Fragmentation Impacts to Songbirds and Bats Associated with the Baron Winds Project, New York [memo]. Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

Source Link

https://businessdocbox.com/Forestry/99391099-Analysis-of-potential-habitat-fragmentation-impacts-to-songbirds-and-bats-associated-with-the-cassadaga-wind-project-new-york.html

Thumbnail for Resilient sites for terrestrial conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions

Resilient sites for terrestrial conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions


2011 to 2012
Summary

The central idea of this project was that by mapping key geophysical settings and evaluating them for landscape characteristics that buffer against climate effects, the most resilient places in the landscape can be identified.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Anderson, Arlene Olivero Sheldon, Melissa Clark

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

climate change, conservation, diversity, habitat, natural communities, ecoregion, permeable landscape, resilience

Topic Tags

methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Anderson, M.G., Clark, M. and Olivero Sheldon, A. (2012). Resilient Sites for Terrestrial Conservation in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science. 168 pp.

Source Link

http://216.92.98.160/assets/terrestrialresilience020112.pdf

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Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation


Summary

This is the website to the Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

conservation, diversity, forestland conservation, natural resource management, natural resources, research

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

Agency of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation. Available at http://fpr.vermont.gov/

Source Link

http://fpr.vermont.gov/

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What is forest fragmentation and why is it improtant?


1997
Summary

This website descibes forest fragmentation and its impacts on woodland birds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service , Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Birds in Forested Landscapes

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Website

Tags

habitat, birds, education, forest fragmentation, woodlands

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (n.d.). What is forest fragmentation and why is it important? Birds In Forested Landscapes. Available at http://static.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/gen_instructions/fragmentation.html

Source Link

http://static.birds.cornell.edu/bfl/gen_instructions/fragmentation.html

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Green Mountains to Hudson Highlands linkage land cover and protected lands


2017
Summary

This map depicts the land cover and protected lands in the Green Mountain to Hudson Highlands Linkage

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Staying Connected Initiative

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut

Resource Type

Map

Tags

habitat, connectivity, conserved land, landcover, protected areas

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Staying Connected Initiative. (2017). Green Mountains to Hudson Highlands Linkage Land Cover and Protected Lands [map]. Retrieved from http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/GreensHudsonHighlands.jpg

Source Link

http://stayingconnectedinitiative.org/assets/GreensHudsonHighlands.jpg

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North Atlantic landscape conservation cooperative data basin


2013 to 2014
Summary

Northeast Conservation planning atlas gallery of terrestial related projects, data, and maps.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Map

Tags

community patterns, conservation, conservation planning, terrestrial habitat

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas. (2014). Terrestrial [map]. Retrieved from https://nalcc.databasin.org/galleries/012067d1312f463b9c0a7aa1d594b887

Source Link

https://nalcc.databasin.org/galleries/012067d1312f463b9c0a7aa1d594b887

Thumbnail for The shape of density dependence in fragmented landscapes explains an inverse buffer effect in a migratory songbird

The shape of density dependence in fragmented landscapes explains an inverse buffer effect in a migratory songbird


1992 to 2017
Summary

The author found that landscape-scale density in wood thrush was lower and population declines steeper in higher quality, less fragmented landscapes (an inverse buffer effect) than in poor quality landscapes. These patterns suggest that wood thrush was not limited by availability of breeding habitat but that declines were primarily driven by non-breeding season events.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Caz Taylor

Institutions: Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

fragmentation, habitat connectivity, breeding

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

education

Citation

Taylor, C.M. (2017). The shape of density dependence in fragmented landscapes explains an inverse buffer effect in a migratory songbird. Scientific reports, 7(1), p.14522.

Source Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15180-4

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Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Lyme Disease Risk


2000 to 2003
Summary

The authors examined how forest destruction and fragmentation could increase a region's susceptibility to Lyme disease through a decrease in mammalian diversity and an increase in white-footed mouse populations, which carry the Lyme bacterium.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brian F. Allan , Felicia Keesing, Richard Ostfeld

Institutions: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies , University of Illinois, Bard College

Location

Dutchess, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241629910_Effect_of_Forest_Fragmentation_on_Lyme_Disease_Risk

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Hierarchical population structure of a rare lagomorph indicates recent fragmentation has disrupted metapopulation function


2013 to 2019
Summary

The authors researched how habitat fragmentation has affected genetic diversity of the New England cottontail.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Adrienne Kovach, Amanda Cheeseman, Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Sadie Ryan

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of New Hampshire , University of Florida

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-019-01206-z

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Determinants of home-range size of imperiled New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and introduced eastern cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus)


2013 to 2019
Summary

The authors of this study built models to determine the impact of habitat fragmentation and invasive species intrusion on the New England cottontail. Patch size and stem density of bushes both seem to be important for the survival of New England cottontails, as small patches (< 7 ha) without enough cover can act as population sinks.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Amanda Cheeseman, Christopher Whipps, Jonathan Cohen, Sadie Ryan

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Florida

Location

Dutchess, Putnam, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2018-0277#.XhzFoMhKiUl

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Vermont S165 An act relating to forest fragmentation and Act 250


2019 to 2020
Summary

This is an introduced bill to protect forest resources by amending the permit criteria of Act 250, the Vermont land use law. This bill specifically addresses forest fragmentation, the protection of natural communities, and protection for threatened and endangered species, citing the need to reduce development in natural areas in a way that will further fragment the forest or will negatively impact sensitive species and to mitigate damages to natural communities that cannot be avoided.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Virginia Lyons , Christopher Bray, Alison Clarkson, Anthony Pollina, Becca Balint, Brian Campion, Dick McCormack, Ruth Hardy

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Policy

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

policy

Citation

Vermont S165: An act relating to forest fragmentation and Act 250, VT Legislation Number 339629 v.2. (2019)

Source Link

https://trackbill.com/bill/vermont-senate-bill-165-an-act-relating-to-forest-fragmentation-and-act-250/1727761/#/details=true

Thumbnail for High burdens of Ixodes scapularis larval ticks on white-tailed deer may limit Lyme disease risk in a low biodiversity setting

High burdens of Ixodes scapularis larval ticks on white-tailed deer may limit Lyme disease risk in a low biodiversity setting


2014 to 2019
Summary

The authors used back-esitmates to research the potential of white-tailed deer as a dilution host.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ching-I Huang, Samantha Kay, Stephen Davis, Danielle Tufts, Kimberley Gaffett, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Brian Tefft

Institutions: Columbia University , Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, The Nature Conservancy on Block Island, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X18302991

Thumbnail for Tracking the endangered Northern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor constrictor, in Maine to determine areas of conservation importance

Tracking the endangered Northern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor constrictor, in Maine to determine areas of conservation importance


2018 to 2019
Summary

The author participated in research on a subspecies of the Black Racer (Coluber constrictor), the Northern Black Racer (C. constrictor constrictor), which is endangered due to its restricted range in Maine. The study sought to fill knowledge gaps on specific habitat preferences of Northern Black Racers in Maine to promote more effective conservation efforts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Josiah Johnson

Institutions: Colby College

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Johnson, J. (2019). Tracking the endangered Northern Black Racer, Coluber constrictor constrictor, in Maine to determine areas of conservation importance.

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1982&context=honorstheses

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in New England


2019
Summary

This document is a dissertation on the decline and resurgence of the bobcat in New England, related to anthropogenic land use. The author explores historic and modern genetics, diet, and stress of New England bobcat populations, and then connects these to historic and modern land uses.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Rory Carroll

Institutions: University of New Hampshire

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3438&context=dissertation

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Implementation of an occupancy-based monitoring protocol for a widespread and cryptic species, the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)


2015 to 2019
Summary

The goal of this study was to recommend an effective, long-term monitoring strategy for the New England cottontail that would be adaptable to other species. Based on their findings, the suthors give monitoring recommendations and conservation implications.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Colin Shea, Mitchell Eaton, Darryl MacKenzie

Institutions: North Carolina State University

Location

Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

http://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/Fulltext/WR18058

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Impacts of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Terrestrial Biodiversity


2018
Summary

An argument for future research on taxonomic groups and global threats such as climate change in order to effectively improve species conservation efforts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jordan E. Rogan , Thomas E. Lacher

Institutions: Texas A&M University

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

biodiversity, fragmentation

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Rogan, J.E.; Lacher Jr, T.E. "Impact of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Terrestrial Biodiversity." Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2018. Accessed From (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489109133)

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489109133

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Yards increase forest connectivity in urban landscapes


2019
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Alessandro Ossola , Dexter Locke , Brenda Lin , Emily Minor

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station , University of Illinois, Macquarie University, Department of Biological Sciences, Centre for Smart Green Cities , CSIRO Land and Water Flagship

Location

Boston

Resource Type

Report

Tags

canopy

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-019-00923-7

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Family Forest Research Center


2016 to 2020
Summary

This is a research center that studies the behaviors and attitudes of the people who own forests. They investigate the social, political and economic dimensions of family forest ownership in the hope of improving forest conservation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Paul Catanzaro , Brett Butler , Emily Huff , David Kittredge , Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Stephanie Snyder, Jesse Caputo , Kristen Floress , Amanda Robillard , Emma Sass

Institutions: Family Forest Research Center , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Website

Tags

family forest, forest economy

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Family Forest Research Center." 2016. USDA Forest Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Michigan State University. Accessed From (http://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/)

Source Link

https://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/

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The Conservation Fund: Reed Forest


2020
Summary

The Conservation Fund aims to permanently protect more than 36,000 acres of working forests in the eastern United states, including the Reed Forest in Maine.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brian Dangler , Evan Smith

Institutions: The Conservation Fund , Forest Society of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

working forests

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Dangler, B.; Smith, E. 2020. "Reed Forest, The Conservation Fund, Working Forest Fund." Accessed From (https://www.conservationfund.org/projects/reed-forest)

Source Link

https://www.conservationfund.org/projects/reed-forest

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Suburban Sprawl, Culture, Theory and Politics


2003
Summary

A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary analysis of suburban sprawl development and smart growth alternatives within the contexts of culture, ecology, and politics. It offers a mix of theoretical inquiry, historical analysis, policy critique, and case studies, written by academics and practitioners from around the world. In addition, each chapter is coupled with featured interviews with leading activists and policymakers working on sprawl issues.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Matthew Lindstrom , Hugh Bartling

Institutions: University of Florida

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Lindstrom, M. J.; Bartling, H. 2003. "Suburban Sprawl: Culture Theory and Politics." Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?id=RQN0OXl02qMC&lpg=PA16&dq=forest fragmentation new hampshire&pg=PP1#v=snippet&q=rhode island&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?id=RQN0OXl02qMC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+hampshire&source=bl&ots=fJIuFyRxrp&sig=ACfU3U2BHB7Ao1HqVPIVbnHHvmNa3kTrHg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1mdSG3dToAhUvWN8KHcBuBJ84HhDoATAHegQICxAo#v=onepage&q=fragmentation&f=false

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Nest predator distribution among clearcut forest, forest edge and forest interior in an extensively forested landscape


1998
Summary

The distribution of avian and mammalian nest predator species in clearcut forest, forest edge and forest interior habitats was assessed on four study plots in 1992 and 1993 using line transect counts.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David King , Richard DeGraaf , Curtice Griffin

Institutions: University of Massachusetts Amherst , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

Massachusetts

Resource Type

Article

Tags

predation, mammals, forest edge, clearcut

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

King, I. D.; Griffin, C. R.; DeGraff, R. M. "Nest Predator Distribution Among Clearcut Forest, Forest Edge and Forest Interior in an Extensively Forested Landscape." Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 104, issues 1-3, 12 May 1998, Pages 151-156. ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112797002533

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112797002533

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Hot Spots of Perforated Forest in the Eastern United States


2005
Summary

This article identifies geographic concentrations (hot spots) of forest located near holes in otherwise intact forest canopies (perforated forest) in the eastern United States, and describes the proximate causes in terms of the nonforest land-cover types contained in those hot spots.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kurt Riitters , John Coulston

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-003-0220-1

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Thirty-Year Bird Population Trends in an Unfragmented Temperate Deciduous Forest: Importance of Habitat Change


1969 to 1998
Summary

Findings from this study demonstrate that major changes in bird abundances occur over time even in undisturbed and relatively mature forests, and illustrate the need for considering habitat requirements of individual species and how habitat suitability changes over time when trying to assess the causes of their long-term population trends. The results also imply that any conclusions about the effects of other factors affecting forest bird abundances, such as increased nest predation or brood parasitism associated with habitat fragmentation, must also account for successional changes that may be affecting habitat suitability.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Richard Holmes , Thomas W. Sherry

Institutions: Dartmouth College , Tulane University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

predation, succession, white mountain national forest

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/118/3/589/5562119

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Monitoring a New England Cottontail Reintroduction with Noninvasive Genetic Sampling


2013 to 2018
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Melissa L. Bauer , Brett Ferry , Heidi Holman

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Bauer, M. L.; Ferry, B.; Holman, H.; Kovach, A. I. "Monitoring a New England Cottontail Reintroduction with Noninvasive Genetic Sampling." Wildlife Society Bulletin, 20 February 2020. Accessed from https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1069

Source Link

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wsb.1069

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Effects of land use on wild bee functional diversity


2019
Summary

The focus of this thesis is to uncover how differences in land use, from grazing to successional states in forests, influence a number of aspects wild bee diversity and community structure. Relative abundance and species richness have been used as standard methods for measuring the health of wild bee communities yet neither abundance nor richness are able to quantify how landscape change affects the traits found in members of the population. Phylogenetic methods are a novel tool that can measure community structure by examining how traits influence population structure.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Katherine A. Odanaka

Institutions: University of New Hampshire

Location

Strafford, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Odanaka, K. A. "Effects of Land Use on Wild Bee Functional Diversity." University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository, Spring 2019. Accessed from https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1fa5/32100d68f1f3130c386b7c7d68e4472cc3ed.pdf

Source Link

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1fa5/32100d68f1f3130c386b7c7d68e4472cc3ed.pdf

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Are pre-Columbian conditions relevant baselines for managed forests in the northeastern United States?


2003
Summary

Populations of a number of taxa associated with shrublands, early-successional forests, and other disturbance-generated habitats (collectively referred to as thickets) are declining in the northeastern United States. Increasing ownership parcelization, a relatively young forest, and landscape fragmentation substantially reduce the practicality and suitability of small-scale disturbances for generating thicket habitats. Addressing the needs of thicket-dependent species in the northeastern United States will require creativity, a willingness to explore a variety of solutions, and public support.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John Litvaitis

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

disturbance

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Litvaitis, J. A. "Are pre-Columbian Conditions Relevant Paselines For Managed Forests In The Northeastern United States?" Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 185, issue 1-2, 3 November 2003, pp. 113-126. Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500

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Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals


2019
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Marion Pfeifer , Cristina Banks-Leite, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Danilo Bandini Ribeiro , Jos Barlow , Felix Eigenbrod , Deborah Faria

Institutions: Oregon State University , Newcastle University , Imperial College London , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul , Lancaster University , Universidade Federal de Lavras , University of Southampton , Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

evolution, global analysis

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Betts, M. G.; Wolf, C.; Pfeifer, M.; Banks-Leite, C.; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V.; Ribeiro, D. B.; Barlow, J.; Eigenbrod, F.; Faria, D.; et. al. ""Extinction Filters Mediate the Global Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Animals." Science, vol 366, issue 6470, pp. 1236-1239, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax9387"

Source Link

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6470/1236

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Forest fragmentation


2019
Summary

This article talks about the negative effects of forest fragmentation specifically in Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ethan Tapper

Institutions: Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Tapper, E. "Forest Fragmentation." The Charlotte News, 13 June 2019. Accessed from https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2019/06/13/forest-fragmentation/

Source Link

https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2019/06/13/forest-fragmentation/

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1996 to 2002
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Paul Kerlinger

Institutions: Curry & Kerlinger, L.L.C.

Location

Vermont, Searsburg

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://tethys.pnnl.gov/publications/assessment-impacts-green-mountain-power-corporations-wind-power-facility-breeding

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Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment


2019
Summary

Many changes have occurred in these forests since 2010 and updating this information is the first goal of this project. The second goal of this project is to estimate the condition of each forest patch based on a suite of metrics.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Timothy G. Howard , Amy K. Conley , Emily Cheadle

Institutions: The New York Heritage Program

Location

New York

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Conley, A. K.; Cheadle, E.; Howard, T. G. "Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment." December 2019, Accessed from https://www.nynhp.org/sites/default/files/Forest_Patch_Assessment_NYNHP_2019_20200228.pdf

Source Link

https://www.nynhp.org/projects/hudson-valley-forest-patches/

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Connecticut's Forest Health


2020
Summary

CT DEEP monitors and assesses the factors that influence the health of Connecticut's state forests. They work in cooperation with state, federal, and municipal agencies to detect, manage, and treat all factors that negatively impact the state forests.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Connecticut's Forest Health." Connecticut's Official State Website, February 2020, Accessed from https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Protection/Forest-Health

Source Link

https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Protection/Forest-Health

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Habitat, Food Habits, And Productivity Of Northern Goshawks Nesting In Connecticut


1997 to 1999
Summary

The objectives of this study were to measure habitat and landscape features, describe food habits, and document productivity of goshawks. Despite its occurrence, surprisingly little is known about the ecology and distributional status of this species within the state. The goshawk was considered a rare species in New England for most of the last century.The increased breeding population of the goshawk in the past 30 yr may be due to extensive reforestation, the growth of existing forest providing mature forest that they seem to prefer for nesting.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Trevor E. Becker , Dwight G. Smith

Institutions: The Cooper Ornithological Society

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Becker, T. E.; Smith, D. G.; Bosakowski, T. "Habitat, Food Habits, And Productivity Of Northern Goshawks Nesting In Connecticut" Studies in Avian Biology No. 31:119-125, 1999, Accessed from https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/SAB_031_2006 P119-125_Habitat, Food Habits, and Productivity of Northern Goshawks Nesting in Connecticut_Trevor E. Becker, Dwight G. Smith, Thomas Bosakowski.pdf

Source Link

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/SAB_031_2006 P119-125_Habitat, Food Habits, and Productivity of Northern Goshawks Nesting in Connecticut_Trevor E. Becker, Dwight G. Smith, Thomas Bosakowski.pdf

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2016
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Conservation Law Foundation

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.clf.org/blog/invenergy-protecting-wildlife-corridors/

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Plant Invasions In Rhode Island Riparian Zones


2005
Summary

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of land use with the occurrence of invasive plant species in vegetated riparian zones and their corresponding usage by different species of birds.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Suzanne M. Lussier , Sara N. Dasilva

Institutions: Rhode Island Natural History Survey

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

riparian, birds, invasive plants

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Lussier, S. M.; Dasilva, S. N. "Plant Invasions in Rhode Island Riparian Zones" Rhode Island Naturalist, vol. 12, num 2, November 2005, Accessed from https://rinhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ri_naturalist_fall_2005.pdf

Source Link

https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=NHEERL&dirEntryId=139003

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Rhode Island Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies "A Path to Tomorrow's Forests"


2010
Summary

The Rhode Island Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies was updated from these two documents, the Rhode Island Forest Resources Management Plan and Rhode Island Urban and Community Forest Plan, with input from the Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies Committee, (RI Stewardship Committee members and other invited environmental partners) to incorporate other statewide planning documents.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

DEM, Division of Forest Environment "Rhode Island Forest Resources Assessment and Strategies" June 2010, Accessed from http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/assestra.pdf

Source Link

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/forest/pdf/assestra.pdf

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Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Breeding Tanagers: A Continental Perspective


1995 to 2001
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kenneth V. Rosenberg , James D. Lowe , Andre A. Dhondt

Institutions: Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Rosenberg, K. V.; Lowe, J. D.; Dhondt, A. A. "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Breeding Tanagers: A Continental Perspective

Source Link

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98020.x

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Habitat Preferences of New England Cottontail and Eastern Cottontail in Relation to Proximity to Wetlands and Developed Areas


2015
Summary

The University of Rhode Island recently completed an analysis of overstory canopy cover in 336 cottontail locations that found that NEC occupied sites with higher overstory tree canopy than EC. The current study used the same 336 cottontail locations to assess NEC and EC habitat preferences in relation to wetlands, open areas, and developed areas. Contrary to expectations, NEC did not appear to avoid wetlands. There were also no indications that NEC preferred or avoided sites near agriculture, pasture, grassland or developed areas, however, EC were more likely to occupy these sites. Based on these findings, suggestions are offered for finetuning the RI GIS model to identify sites for creation of habitat for NEC.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Bill Buffum

Institutions: University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

new england cottontail

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Buffum, B. "Habitat Preferences of New England Cottontail and Eastern Cottontail in Relation to Proximity to Wetlands and Developed Areas" August 2015, Accessed from https://web.uri.edu/forestry/files/2012/11/Buffum-2015-Habitat-preferences-of-NEC-and-EC-proximity-to-wetland-and-developed-areas.pdf

Source Link

https://web.uri.edu/forestry/files/2012/11/Buffum-2015-Habitat-preferences-of-NEC-and-EC-proximity-to-wetland-and-developed-areas.pdf

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Follow the Forest


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Housatonic Valley Association , Follow the Forest

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

"Follow the Forest" Housatonic Valley Association, 2020, Accessed from https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=578d52a766774787b7144b1cfea3f393

Source Link

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=578d52a766774787b7144b1cfea3f393

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Forest Fragmentation and Housing Development


1982 to 2012
Summary

This web page is an overview of data and statistics on forest fragmentation both due to natural causes and human development.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Curtis H. Flather , Milagros Alvarez , Mark Nelson , Michael Knowles

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, U.S. Endowment of Forestry and Communities

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Website

Tags

forests, development

Topic Tags

conservation, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Alvarez M., Nelson, M., Flather, C., Knowles, M., 2018 "Forest Fragmentation and Housing Development" U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities. Accessed from https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ed360934f2654044adefaf3ef08eeb54

Source Link

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ed360934f2654044adefaf3ef08eeb54

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Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: Implications for ecosystem function and conservation


2013
Summary

This study uses linear mixed models to explore patterns of occurrence and ecological function of 2844 bird species at 293 localities spanning five continents.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Tom P. Bregman , Cagan H. Sekercioglu , Joseph A. Tobias

Institutions: University of Oxford, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology , University of Utah, Department of Biology

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Report

Tags

birds, fragmentation, bird, global

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Bregman, T.P., Sekercioglu, C.H., Tobias, J.A., "Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: Implications for ecosystem function and conservation" Biological Conservation, Colume 169, January 2014, pp. 372-383, 2013. Accessed from (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713004035#!)

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320713004035#!

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Background: Protecting Contiguous Habitat


1987 to 2005
Summary

This case study focuses on the concerns of protecting contiguous forest habitat in Dummerston, Vermont.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: New Hampshire Project Learning Tree

Location

Vermont, Dummerston, New Hampshire, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Background: Protecting Contiguous Habitat" New Hampshire Project Learning Tree. Accessed from (https://www.plt.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/f1e63ab150f34a365494a91fc32545ad/files/background.pdf)

Source Link

https://www.plt.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/1/f1e63ab150f34a365494a91fc32545ad/files/background.pdf

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Multiscale landscape genetics of American marten at their southern range periphery


2020
Summary

American marten (Martes americana) are a conservation priority in many forested regions of North America. Populations are fragmented at the southern edge of their distribution due to suboptimal habitat conditions. Facilitating gene flow may improve population resilience through genetic and demographic rescue. They used a multiscale approach to estimate the relationship between genetic connectivity and landscape characteristics among individuals at three scales in the northeastern United States: regional, subregional, and local.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: William Kilpatrick , James Murdoch , Cody Aylward

Institutions: University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , University of Vermont, Department of Biology

Location

Vermont, Maine, New York, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

american marten

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-020-0295-y#citeas

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Impact of Land Use Changes and Habitat Fragmentation on the Eco-epidemiology of Tick-Borne Diseases


2020
Summary

This forum paper focuses on how land use changes have shaped the eco-epidemiology of Ixodes scapularis-borne pathogens, in particular the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in the eastern United States. It uses this as a model system, addressing other tick-borne disease systems as needed to illustrate patterns or processes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Meredith VanAcker, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Maria P Fernandez

Institutions: Columbia University , Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

impacts, landscape epidemiology, ticks

Topic Tags

management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/58/4/1546/5936773?login=true

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Forests and Insects


1997
Summary

The book covers such topics as colonization of trees by insects, population dynamics of forest insects, insect natural enemies, the effects of climate change and pollution on forest pests, spatial variation in the abundance of insects,the mineralization of carbon by termites, the impact of herbivorous insects, and the conservation of forest insect diversity, including the effects of forest fragmentation and deforestation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Allan D. Watt , Nigel R. Stork , Mark D. Hunter

Institutions: University of Georgia , James Cook University, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management , Edinburgh Research Station, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Location

Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut

Resource Type

Book

Tags

insects

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Watt, A. D., Stork, N. E., Hunter, M. D. "Forests and Insects" Royal Entomological Society, Chapman and Hall, issue 18, 1997. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wTNnPaLszyQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA303&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=Awpuxu4D0l&sig=s77ja_eQ3dAVmQVyzAVb1jjSDc8#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=wTNnPaLszyQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA303&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+york&ots=Awpuxu4D0l&sig=s77ja_eQ3dAVmQVyzAVb1jjSDc8#v=onepage&q&f=false

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2010
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Helene Hochholzer

Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

assessment, strategic plan

Topic Tags

methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/assessment_and_strategy/AssessmentStrategypdf.pdf

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Conservation of Biological Diversity


2016
Summary

Across the Northern United States, growing human populations will place increased service demands on forests for the foreseeable future. The type, magnitude, and stability of future services from northern forests will depend in part on the level of biological diversity in those forests.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Rachel Riemann , Mark Nelson , W. Keith Moser , James D. Garner , Barry T (Ty) Wilson , Brent Dickenson , Brian G. Tavernia

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Tavernia, B.G., Nelson, M.D., Riemann, R., dickenson, B., Moser, W.K., Wilson, B.T. (Ty), Garner, J.D. "Conservation of Biological Diversity". In: Shifley, Stephen R.; Moser, W. Keith, eds. Future forests of the northern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-151. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 43-76. Chapter 3, 2016. Accessed from (https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50452)

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50452

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2021
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Grace Kelly

Institutions: Eco RI News

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

protection, canopy

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.ecori.org/natural-resources/2021/2/9/rhode-islands-green-canopy-provides-priceless-protection

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Current Status and Threats


2021
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Rhode Island

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

threats

Topic Tags

management, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Current Status and Threats" Rhode Island Woods, 2021. Accessed from (https://rhodeislandwoods.uri.edu/ri-woods/current-status-and-threats/)

Source Link

https://rhodeislandwoods.uri.edu/ri-woods/current-status-and-threats/

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State of Nature: A Call for Conservation Action


2018
Summary

The Nature Conservancy undertook a three-year study to objectively gauge the condition and status of the natural world across 13 northeast and mid-Atlantic states.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"State of Nature: A Call for Conservation Action" The Nature Conservancy, 2018. Accessed from (https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/stateofnature/Pages/default.aspx)

Source Link

https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/stateofnature/Pages/default.aspx

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Landscape Boundaries: Consiquences for Biotic Diversity and Ecological Flows


Summary

This book is concerned with the fundamental pieces that compose a landscape, how they are bounded, how landscape boundaries influence interaction among patches. The purpose of these questions is to attempt to understand the workings of landscapes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Francesco di Castri , Andrew J. Hansen

Institutions: Oregon State University , United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

boundaries, diversity, biotic diversity

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Hansen, A.J., Di Castri, F. "Landscape Boundaries" Springer, New York, NY, 1992, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2804-2

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-2804-2#about

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Integrated Assessment of Behavioral and Environmental Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Infection on Block Island, Rhode Island


2014
Summary

This study simultaneously assessed the influence of peridomestic tick exposure risk and human behavior risk factors for Lyme disease infection on Block Island, Rhode Island.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Maria Diuk-Wasser, Casey Finch , Mohammed Salim Al-Damluji , Linda Niccolai , Tanner Steeves , Corrine Folsom O'Keefe , Peter J. Krause

Institutions: Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

Location

Rhode Island

Resource Type

Article

Tags

lyme disease, risk assesment, ticks

Topic Tags

management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084758

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Correlations and Variance Among Species Traits Explain Contrasting Impacts of Fragmentation and Habitat Loss on Functional Diversity


2020
Summary

The objectives of this study are to develop testable predictions about how landscape fragmentation, relative to the effects of habitat loss, impacts functional diversity and its relationship with species richness.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro , Margaret M. Mayfield , Matthew G. E. Mitchell , Lorenzo Cattarino , Martine Maron , Jonathan R. Rhodes

Institutions: The University of Queensland, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences , Imperial College London , The University of Queensland , The University of Queensland, Centre of Biodiversity and Conservation Science , The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences , Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

diversity, impacts, global

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-020-01098-2

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A Subcontinental Analysis of Forest Fragmentation Effects on Insect and Disease Invasion


2018
Summary

Using national survey data on forest pest richness and fragmentation data across United States forest ecosystems, this study examines how forest fragmentation and edge types (neighboring land cover) may affect pest richness at the county level.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Kevin Potter, Kurt Ritters , Qinfeng Guo

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Southern Research Station , North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

diseases, invasive insects

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/12/744/htm

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The Ecological Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation


Summary

This research article analyzes habitat fragmentation, one subset of global land use change, and its ecological consiquences.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Raphael Didham

Institutions: University of Western Australia, School of Biological Sciences , Floreat - CSIRO , University of Canterbury

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Didham R. K., "The Ecological Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation", Encyclopedia of Life Sciences A21904, 3 May 2010, Accessed from: https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP101968&dsid=DS1

Source Link

https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP101968&dsid=DS1

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Are pre-Columbian conditions relevant baselines for managed forests in the northeastern United States?


2003
Summary

Populations of a number of taxa associated with shrublands, early-successional forests, and other disturbance-generated habitats (collectively referred to as thickets) are declining in the northeastern United States. To assure that species dependent on thicket habitats persist, intervention is warranted. However, conservationists concerned with the status of thicket-dependent species are confronted with two important questions. How much habitat is needed? And how should these habitats be distributed?

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John Litvaitis

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Litvaitis J. A., "Are pre-Columbian conditions relevant baselines for managed forests in the northeastern United States?" Forest Ecology and Management, 3 november 2003, v. 185, iss. 1-2, pp 113-126

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112703002500

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Cumulative Effects of Habitat Change: American Marten Habitat Selection and 30 Years of Forest Harvesting in Maine


1989 to 2019
Summary

This study evaluated the effects of forest composition and patch configuration on patterns of patch-scale habitat selection displayed by American marten (Martes americana) to identify marten responses to the cumulative and multidimensional effects of forest harvesting across a 30-year period (1989-2019).

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Woollard T., "Cumulative Effects of Habitat Change: American Marten Habitat Selection and 30 Years of Forest Harvesting in Maine" University of Maine, 2021, Accessed from: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3541/

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3541/

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Forest management legacies affect demographics and population dynamics of spruce grouse in northern Maine


2012 to 2018
Summary

Here they studied survival and reproduction of spruce grouse from 2012 through 2018 in north-central Maine, USA, within a landscape managed extensively for commercial forest products.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Steve Dunham , Daniel Harrison

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Blomberg E. J., Tebbenkamp J., Dunham S., Harrison D., "Forest management legacies affect demographics and population dynamics of spruce grouse in northern Maine", Forest Ecology Management, v. 483, 1 March 2021, 118898, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118898

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112720316674

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Effects of Forest Patch Size and Shape on Breeding Bird Species Richness


2022
Summary

This study assesses the effect of forest fragmentation on breeding bird communities in Burlington, Vermont, USA.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Burlington

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Spindel J. M., "Effects of Forest Patch Size and Shape on Breeding Bird Species Richness", University of Vermont, 2022, Accessed from: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/502/

Source Link

https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/502/

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Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Impacts on Ecology and Social Systems from Human Migration and Public Desire


2021
Summary

This report, the second in a three part series, identifies the impacts of migration patterns within the towns on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire and Vermont. Terrestrial impacts from development and urbanization include fragmentation and sprawl, increased impervious surface, runoff, and flooding, loss of biodiversity and forests, disruption of nutrient cycles and weakened climate resiliency. Watershed impacts include a disrupted hydrological cycle, loss of biodiversity and aquatic habitat, degraded water quality, loss of recreational opportunity, and water scarcity

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Sylvia M., Corvus J., "Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Impacts on Ecology and Social Systems from Human Migration and Public Desire", 30 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf

Source Link

https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf

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Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Migration Trends, Evidence, and Indicators


2021
Summary

With a focus on implementing the responses necessary to safeguard a resilient social, environmental, and economic system, this report examines the newest analysis of migration trends and population projections influencing the migration system of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River towns.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Sylvia M., Corvus J., "Assessing the Migration System of New Hampshire and Vermont's Connecticut River Valley: Migration Trends, Evidence, and Indicators", 30 April, 2021, Accessed from: https://www.communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration-Impacts.pdf

Source Link

https://communityresilience-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CRV_Migration_Trends.pdf

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Where Have the Songbirds Gone


2022
Summary

Quieter forests are cause for concern as conservationists see decreasing populations and diversity of songbirds in New England, many of which call New Hampshire home. NASA satellite data helped map the changing forest landscape, better equipping land managers to react to the effects of forest fragmentation and changing songbird populations.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Location

Vermont, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

"Where Have the Songbirds Gone", NASA, 2022, Accessed from: https://www.nasa.gov/SpaceforUS/?story=4036

Source Link

https://www.nasa.gov/SpaceforUS/?story=4036

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Harris Center for Conservation Education: History of the Supersanctuary


2022
Summary

Harris Center decided to expand on its environmental education work by becoming a land trust. The goal was to demonstrate how people could work together to protect land from development, with a focus on connectivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Harris Center for Conservation Education

Location

Hancock

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Harris Center for Conservation Education: History of the Supersanctuary", 2022, accessed from: https://harriscenter.org/land-conservation/the-supersanctuary/history-of-the-supersanctuary

Source Link

https://harriscenter.org/land-conservation/the-supersanctuary/history-of-the-supersanctuary

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Tompkins County Habitat Connectivity Strategy


2018
Summary

Tompkins County has developed this Habitat Connectivity Strategy to help combat habitat fragmentation, preserve habitat diversity, and promote ecosystem resilience. The framework provided here identifies (1) specific habitat corridors for native flora and fauna to have the ability to freely move in response to climate change; (2) key undeveloped areas that should be protected from fragmentation to retain habitat; and (3) broad strategies and policies that can be implemented to improve habitat connectivity.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Tompkins

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Tompkins County Habitat Connectivity Strategy", May 2018, Accessed from: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/planning/Natural_Agriculture/FINAL TC Connectivity Strategy.pdf

Source Link

https://tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/planning/Natural_Agriculture/FINAL TC Connectivity Strategy.pdf

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The Territorial Responses of Six Songbirds to Ski Trails at Smugglers Notch Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont


2002
Summary

This study tested the territorial responses of six songbird species to cospecific playbacks of simulated intruders across ski trails of various widths. They conducted research on the ski trails of Smuggler's Notch Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Amanda Holmgren

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Holmgren A., "The Territorial Responses of Six Songbirds to Ski Trails at Smugglers Notch Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont", December 2002, University of Vermont, Accessed from: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/139_Holmgren_thesis_skitrailcrossing.pdf

Source Link

https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/139_Holmgren_thesis_skitrailcrossing.pdf

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2021
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/80701

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Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Connecticut


2020
Summary

This manual presents basic principles to evaluate forests with bird habitat in mind and ways to use silviculture to manage for bird habitat. Here, silviculture is considered as a way to produce birds as well as timber.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Audubon Connecticut

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Managing Forests for Trees and Birds in Connecticut", Audubon Connecticut, 2020, Accessed from: https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_managing_forests_for_trees_birds_in_ct.pdf

Source Link

https://ct.audubon.org/sites/default/files/guide_to_managing_forests_for_trees_birds_in_ct.pdf

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Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service


2021
Summary

This study aimed to examine the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately. For this purpose, first, they generated different simulated agricultural landscapes, including two habitats of forest and agriculture. Then, according to the Lonsdorf model, they estimated the potential of the simulated landscapes in providing pollination in different scenarios. Finally, using statistical models, they estimated the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination at the landscape and farm levels.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Rahimi E., Barghjelveh S., Dong P., "Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service", Ecological Processes 10, no. 22, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00291-8

Source Link

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13717-021-00291-8

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The effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple) populations


1993
Summary

To investigate the effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in Acer saccharum Marsh. (Aceraceae) populations, aflozyme variation in eight populations in fragmented forest patches was compared to variation in eight population samples from extensive continuous forest.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Young A. G., Merriam H. G., Warwick S. I., "The effects of forest fragmentation on genetic variation in Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple) populations", Heredity, 1993, v. 71, pp. 277-289

Source Link

file:///C:/Users/FEMC/Downloads/hdy1993136.pdf

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Abundance and productivity of forest songbirds in a managed, unfragmented landscape in Vermont


1993 to 1999
Summary

The authors studied a breeding songbird community in a landscape characterized by scattered openings in a forest matrix in Vermont from 1993 to 1994. At the scale of this study, a minimal amount of canopy removal in the extensively forested landscape did not affect abundance and overall productivity of songbirds inhabiting the remaining forest, but canopy removal had begun to suppress productivity of some forest interior species

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Ernest Buford

Institutions: University of Vermont

Location

Middlebury, Rochester, Green Mountain Range

Resource Type

Article

Tags

productivity, fragmentation, songbirds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Buford, E.W. & Capen, D.E. (1999). Abundance and productivity of forest songbirds in a managed, unfragmented landscape in Vermont. The Journal of wildlife management, pp.180-188.

Source Link

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3802499.pdf?refreqid=excelsior:a7e65640fb80d7ccb25f86928c2127c6

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A systematic review of forest bird occurrence in North American forest fragments and the built environment


2015 to 2019
Summary

The study examined the effects of forest fragmentation on different bird species in the United States. The results indicate that it is important to preserve small forest fragments when developing land, because these are utilized by migratory and certail resident bird species.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Mark Hostetler , Jan-Michael Archer, Glenn Acomb, Robert Blair

Institutions: University of Florida, University of Minnesota

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204619300404

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Forest and Habitat Fragmentation Impacts: NECEC Power Line Segment 1


1942 to 2019
Summary

The author illustrates the impact that fragmentation caused by the NECEC Powerline Corridor would have on the Northern Maine Forests, specifically the headwaters of the Upper Moose River between the Quebec border and Corburn Mountain.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Roger Merchant

Institutions: University of Maine

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Merchant, Roger. (2019). 3 RM MAY 17, 2019 Forest Fragmentation NECEC. 10.13140/RG.2.2.30265.21601.

Source Link

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333432728_3_RM_MAY_17_2019_Forest_Fragmentation_NECEC

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Northern Forest Futures Project


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service

Location

New England

Resource Type

Website

Tags

trends

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

USDA Forest Service. 2020." Northern Forest Futures Project." Accessed from (https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/futures/)

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/44035

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Open Corridors in a Heavily Forested Landscape: Impact on Shrubland and Forest-Interior Birds


1994
Summary

In eastern North America, remnant patches of forest surrounded by open habitat constitute unfavorable habitat for many species of migratory forest birds because of high rates of nest predation and cowbird parasitism. This article discusses the negative effects of corridors that divide forest patches and the best practices to positively impact the forests and bird habitats.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Robert Askins

Institutions: Connecticut College

Location

New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

predation

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3783267?seq=1

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New Hampshire Forest Resources Plan


1994 to 1996
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: John E. Sargent

Institutions: New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Forest Resources Plan Steering Committee. "New Hampshire Forest Resources Plan." April 1996. Accessed from https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nhfrp01.pdf

Source Link

https://www.nh.gov/nhdfl/documents/nhfrp01.pdf

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Forests of New Hampshire, 2016


2011 to 2016
Summary

This publication provides an overview of forest resources in New Hampshire based on inventories conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Northern Research Station.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Randall Morin

Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

inventory

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Morin, Randall S.; Lombard, Kyle. 2017. "Forests of New Hampshire, 2016." Resource Update FS-124. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-124

Source Link

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/54414

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2006
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Dan Sundquist , Mark Zanket , Pete Ingraham , Jenn Alford , Jill Robinson , Theresa Walker , Cliff Sinnott , Cynthia Copeland

Institutions: The Nature Conservancy , Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Rockingham Planning Commission, Strafford Regional Planning Commission

Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Report

Tags

watersheds

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/piscataqua_land_conservation_plan.pdf

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Working Forest Fund


2020
Summary

This is a page on the Conservation Fund website explaining the impacts of the Working Forest Fund and the problems that they are trying to combat.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Brian Dangler , Ann Simonelli , Eric Kostegan

Institutions: The Conservation Fund , Working Forest Fund

Location

New England

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

working forests

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Dangler, B.; Kostegan, E.; Simonelli, A. "Working Forest Fund." The Conservation Fund, 2020. Accessed from https://www.workingforestfund.org/#contact

Source Link

https://www.workingforestfund.org/

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1997 to 2007
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: NYC Department of Environmental Protection , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Watershed Agricultural Council

Location

New York

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

watershed

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Watershed Agricultural Council, Forestry Program, 10 Year Anniversary (1997-2007), New York, Accessed from https://www.nycwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FP-10yr-Anniversary.pdf

Source Link

https://www.nycwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FP-10yr-Anniversary.pdf

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Forests Adrift: Currents Shaping the Future of Northeastern Trees


2020
Summary

This book is the result of over fourty years spent studying forests, and an even longer fascination of trees by Charles D. Canham. Canham is most interested in the Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk, Connecticut, the forests of southern New England and the Adirondacks in New York.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Charles D. Canham

Institutions: Yale University

Location

Vermont, Norfolk, New York, Connecticut, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

adirondacks

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Canham, C. D. "Forests Adrift - Currents Shaping the Future of Northeastern Trees." Yale University Press, 2020, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LgLMDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=forest+parcelization+new+york&ots=0_njlE1Ou7&sig=OkedXkJvtXNRh6B5H8XWKSg6yrE#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LgLMDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=forest+parcelization+new+york&ots=0_njlE1Ou7&sig=OkedXkJvtXNRh6B5H8XWKSg6yrE#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Forest Fragmentation - New Forest Fragmentation Town Plan Requirement


2019
Summary

This website page is a part of the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission. It explains the plan for implementing Act 171 which will address forest fragmentation.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel , Jens Hilke, Clare Rock

Institutions: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources , Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

Hilke, J.; Rock, C.; Fidel, J. "Forest Fragmentation - New Forest Fragmentation Town Plan Requirement." Accessed from https://www.trorc.org/forestry/forest-fragmentation/

Source Link

https://www.trorc.org/forestry/forest-fragmentation/

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Vermont Parcelization Website: Reports


2007 to 2020
Summary

Reports relating to parcelization and forest fragmentation can be located from this website. In particular, Vermont Natural Resources Council has published three reports analyzing parcelization trend information. The Phase III Report analyzes data on this website.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Jamey Fidel

Institutions: Vermont Natural Resources Council

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

"Reports: Vermont Parcelization Website" Vermont Natural Resources Council, Accessed from https://vtforesttrends.vnrc.org/reports

Source Link

https://vtforesttrends.vnrc.org/about

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New report on Vermont forests addresses fragmentation


2015
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Vermont Business Magazine

Location

No location information available

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education, policy

Citation

"New Report on Vermont Forests Adresses Fragmentation" Vermon Business Magazine, 16 April 2015, Accessed from https://vermontbiz.com/news/april/new-report-vermont-forests-addresses-fragmentation

Source Link

https://vermontbiz.com/news/april/new-report-vermont-forests-addresses-fragmentation

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Resources for Kids, Adults & Landowners


2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Linking Lands Alliance

Location

Vermont

Resource Type

Poster

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Linking Lands Alliance "Resources for Kids, Adults & Landowners." Accessed from https://www.linkinglandsalliance.org/llaeducationalmaterial

Source Link

https://www.linkinglandsalliance.org/llaeducationalmaterial

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Proceedings of the fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium: Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes


2013 to 2003
Summary

This is a report on the Fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium. The documents contributed to this report include forest inventory in the areas of policy, assessments, statistics, remote sensing, information science, and forest health for the Forest Inventory and Analysis program of the USDA Forest Service.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: William McWilliams , Ron McRoberts , Gregory A. Reams , Paul C. Van Deursen

Institutions: Forest Inventory and Analysis, FIA, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education, policy

Citation

McRoberts, R. E.; Reams, G. A.; Van Deursen, P. C.; McWilliams, W. H. "Proceedings of the fifth Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium: Assessment and Mapping of Forest Parcel Sizes" 2005, Accessed from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0j1p6PqTK84C&oi=fnd&pg=PA27&dq=forest+parcelization+northeast+us&ots=IbA9IX6DTp&sig=M4N8HPnIkkWg4lCA2J3VSvU9zbg#v=onepage&q&f=false

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=0j1p6PqTK84C&oi=fnd&pg=PA27&dq=forest+parcelization+northeast+us&ots=IbA9IX6DTp&sig=M4N8HPnIkkWg4lCA2J3VSvU9zbg#v=onepage&q=forest parcelization northeast us&f=false

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Comparing Forest Fragmentation in Eastern U.S. Forests Using Patch-Mosaic and Gradient Surface Models


Summary

This report introduces an approach for extracting landscape pattern information from gradient surfaces using a thresholding approach to discretize gradient surfaces into multiple discrete maps according to forest cover density. These maps can then be analyzed using conventional landscape metric tools.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Amy E. Frazier , Peter Kendron

Institutions: Oklohoma State University, Department of Geography

Location

New York, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Frazier, A. E.; Kendron, P. "Comparing Forest Fragmentation in Eastern U.S. Forests Using Patch-Mosaic and Gradient Surface Models" vol. 41, September 2017, pp. 108-115, Accessed from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954117301437

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954117301437

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2020
Summary

This article highlights the challenges and threats such as forest fragmentation, over-harvesting, development pressures, climate change, invasive pests, pathogens and plants, and a rapidly aging cohort of small woodland owners.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Maine Tree Foundation

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

forests, threats

Topic Tags

management, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://mainetree.org/2020/04/threats-challenges-facing-maines-forests-html/

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Easements and Conservation Policy in the North Maine Woods


2001
Summary

This article address conservation concerns and asks if development, recreation, biodiversity protection, and forest fragmentation are being addressed. It also asks if costs and benefits associated with the various conservation of the state are being weighed.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: David J. Lewis

Institutions: University of Maine , University of Maine, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

Location

Maine

Resource Type

Article

Tags

conservation easements

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, policy

Citation

Lewis, D. J. "Easements and Conservation Policy in the North Maine Woods." Maine Policy Review 10.1 (2001) : 24 -36, https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol10/iss1/5.

Source Link

https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol10/iss1/5/

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The Pollination Services of Forests: A Review of Forest and Landscape Interventions to Enhance Their Cross-Sectoral Benefits


2020
Summary

This working paper, which is aimed at forest practitioners, landscape planners and land-use decision-makers, reviews published literature on the impacts of forest and landscape management practices on pollinators. It also addresses the implications of climate change, collates 36 case studies, and makes recommendation on measures for maintaining pollinator diversity and abundance in forests and landscapes.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Chris J. Kettle , Smitha Krishnan , Gabriela Wiederkehr Guerra , Damien Bertrand , Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff

Institutions: ETH Zurich and Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Biodiversity International , Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New England

Resource Type

Book

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management, education

Citation

Krishnan, S., Guerra, G. W., Bertrand, D., Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S., Kettle, C. "The Pollination Services of Forests: A Review of Forest and Landscape Interventions to Enhance Their Cross-Sectoral Benefits" Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2020. Accessed from (https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JhvtDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA81&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+hampshire&ots=D-JDi3YKLF&sig=AszPARpfR7BiisW5YABYqjmNFA0#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Source Link

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=JhvtDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA81&dq=forest+fragmentation+new+hampshire&ots=D-JDi3YKLF&sig=AszPARpfR7BiisW5YABYqjmNFA0#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Wild bee distribution near forested landscapes is dependent on successional state


2020
Summary

This study examined how land use type and distance from the forest edge affect the abundance and richness of the wild bee community across four forest successional states. Bees were collected in sites representing four stages of forest succession and analyzed using generalized linear mixed models with negative binomial distributions.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Katherine A. Odanaka , Sandra M. Rehan

Institutions: University of New Hampshire, Department of Biological Sciences

Location

Strafford, New Hampshire

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

Odanaka, K.A., Rehan, S.M. "Wild bee distribution near forested landscapes is dependent on successional state". For. Ecosyst. 7, 26 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00241-4

Source Link

https://forestecosyst.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40663-020-00241-4

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2020
Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Gregory McGee, Nathan G. Kiel , Geoffrey R. Griffiths

Institutions: The State University of New York (SUNY), College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Integrative Biology

Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

herbs, agricultural development

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, planning, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://bioone.org/journals/Northeastern-Naturalist/volume-27/issue-2/045.027.0204/Can-Disruption-of-an-AntPlant-Mutualism-Explain-a-Lack-of/10.1656/045.027.0204.short

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Environmental Quality in Connecticut Throughout the Year 2018


Summary

No additional information available.

Key Personnel & Institutions

Institutions: Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Website

Tags

environment

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, education

Citation

"Environmental Quality in Connecticut Throughout the Year 2018" Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality, 2018. Accessed from (https://portal.ct.gov/CEQ/AR-18-Gold/2018-CEQ-Annual-Report-eBook/Land-Preserved_Land)

Source Link

https://portal.ct.gov/CEQ/AR-18-Gold/2018-CEQ-Annual-Report-eBook/Introduction

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2020
Summary

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and its many partners and constituents are striving to keep forests as forests. A statewide goal of no net forest loss will focus on keeping forests present, connected, healthy, and productive for the people and ecosystems of Connecticut.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Dan Peracchio

Institutions: Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

Location

Connecticut

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

No citation available.

Source Link

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/2020_Draft_FAP.pdf

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Forest-associated bee species persist amid forest loss and regrowth in eastern North America


2021
Summary

This study examined the effects of forest loss and regrowth on bee pollinators in eastern North America using three datasets totaling 36,605 individual specimens.

Key Personnel & Institutions

People: Colleen Smith

Institutions: Rutgers University, University of Ottawa

Location

Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New England

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation

Citation

Smith C., Harrison T., Gardner J., Winfree R., "Forest-associated bee species persist amid forest loss and regrowth in eastern North America", August 2021, v. 260, 109202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109202

Source Link

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721002548?casa_token=M-1flyTb-Z4AAAAA:_Rixc_4uGoatgarAD5v0hAUYHKCOG5uyFIXkRPDM1oDJuPdi1SAM23LCKXR1llBqdZSnBzoc5gE

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Unfragmented Forest and Natural Habitat


2016
Summary

The goad of the Upper Valley Land Trust is to support the working forest economy and connect the places plants and animals need to adapt and thrive.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New Hampshire

Resource Type

Website

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, ecosystem services, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Unfragmented Forest and Natural Habitat" Upper Valley Land Trust, 2016, Accessed from: https://uvlt.org/our-strategic-goals/unfragmented-forest-natural-habitat/

Source Link

https://uvlt.org/our-strategic-goals/unfragmented-forest-natural-habitat/

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Town of Newbury, New Hampshire Townwide Conservation Plan


2008
Summary

In 2001, the Newbury Conservation Commission prepared an "index" or inventory of natural resources for the town as mandated by RSA 36-A:2. As permitted by that statute and as recommended in the Newbury Natural Resources Inventory (NRI), the Commission undertook a two-year project to update the NRI and create a townwide conservation plan.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

Newbury

Resource Type

Report

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, ecosystem services, planning, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

Poole E. A., M.Sc., "Town of Newbury, New Hampshire Townwide Conservation Plan", Newbury Conservation Commission, March 2008, Accessed from: https://www.newburynh.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4761/f/uploads/12-appendix_b-_2007_conservation_plan_4-1-08.pdf

Source Link

https://www.newburynh.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4761/f/uploads/12-appendix_b-_2007_conservation_plan_4-1-08.pdf

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Sterling Forest: An Ecological Analysis


1995 to 1998
Summary

The interior forest habitat of the New York-New Jersy Highlands is being increasingly recoginzed as having significant biodiversity value. Satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) were used at the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA), Rutgers University, to undertake an inventory of forest habitat and an assessment of forest fragmentation in the New York-New Jersey Highlands region. The NY-NJ Highlands has a forest cover of 62-65%, but due to fragmentation only 20% of the total forest area is considered prime forest habitat.

Key Personnel & Institutions
Not available.
Location

New York

Resource Type

Article

Tags

Topic Tags

conservation, methods, management, drivers, wildlife and habitat, landscape pattern and connectivity

Purpose Tags

conservation, management

Citation

"Sterling Forest: An Ecological Analysis", 1998, Accessed from: https://crssa.rutgers.edu/projects/sterling/

Source Link

https://crssa.rutgers.edu/projects/sterling/

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