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dc.contributor.advisorGarneau, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorBargabos, Meghan
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorHart, Zach
dc.contributor.authorGarneau, Danielle
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T21:43:02Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T21:43:02Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7958
dc.descriptionhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Er61wClF2qtcQ-mXgALafjSx6yN1767yCaXM3spJNzg/mobilepresent?slide=id.pen_US
dc.description.abstractAs with all disturbance, wildfire transforms the abiotic and biotic features of the landscape. The Altona Flat Rock is a globally rare sandstone pavement pine barrens ecosystem dominated by an overstory of Pinus banksiana (jack pine) and understory of ericaceous shrubs including Vaccinium augustifolium (blueberry). In summer 2018, a wildfire burned approximately 225 hectares of the jack pine barrens, a fire-dependent ecosystem. The small mammal community provides essential ecosystem services as seed predators, dispersers, and as prey for higher trophic levels. We aimed to determine the abundance and diversity of the small mammal community at two sites, specifically 1) the recent 2018 wildfire versus 2) a regenerated forest that burned in 1957. As part of an on-going mark-recapture study at the Flat Rock, small mammal live trapping was conducted over a six-week period in fall 2022. Each individual was uniquely marked with an ear tag and body metrics (length, weight) and gender were collected. Data from the 2022 field season was combined with previous years which showed that the small mammal abundance has declined over time and the reference (1957) site had higher community diversity including insectivores, while the recent burn (2018) had a higher overall abundance of the dominant generalist Peromyscus sp.. Results from this on-going study, can inform more effective management strategies in fire-dependent ecosystems by optimizing small mammal habitat and benefiting the ecosystem as a whole to better support the larger wildlife community and regenerating forest.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Er61wClF2qtcQ-mXgALafjSx6yN1767yCaXM3spJNzg/mobilepresent?slide=id.pen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectsmall mammalsen_US
dc.subjectwildfireen_US
dc.subjectsandstone pavement barrensen_US
dc.subjectJack pinesen_US
dc.subjectPeromyscus sp.en_US
dc.subjectshrewsen_US
dc.subjectburnen_US
dc.titleAssessing Small Mammal Richness and Abundance Following Wildfiresen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
dc.description.versionNAen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-12-14T21:43:03Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Plattsburghen_US
dc.description.departmentCenter for Earth and Environmental Scienceen_US
dc.description.departmentCenter for Earth and Environmental Scienceen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
dc.date.semesterFall 2022en_US


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