Integrating Forage, Wildlife, Water, and Fish Projections with Timber Projections at the Regional Level: A Case Study in Southern United States

Linda A. Joyce; Curtis H. Flather; Patricia Flebbe; Thomas W. Hoekstra; Stan J. Ursic

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Integrating Forage, Wildlife, Water, and Fish Projections with Timber Projections at the Regional Level: A Case Study in Southern United States

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Authors:

Linda A. Joyce, Curtis H. Flather, Patricia Flebbe, Thomas W. Hoekstra, Stan J. Ursic

Year:

1990

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Environmental Management Vol. 14(4): 489 – 500

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Abstract

The impact of timber management and land-use change on forage production, turkey and deer abundance, red-cockaded woodpecker colonies, water yield, and trout abundance was projected as part of a policy study focusing on the southern United States. The multiresource modeling framework used in this study linked extant timber management and land-area policy models with newly developed models for forage, wildlife, fish, and water. Resource production was integrated through a commonly defined land base that could be geographically partitioned according to individual resource needs. Resources were responsive to changes in land use, particularly human-related, and timber management, particularly the harvest of older stands, and the conversion to planted pine.

Keywords

Multiresource, Timber inventory models, Habitat evaluation, Forage, Wildlife, Trout, Regional planning, Forest conversion, Regional modeling

Citation

Joyce, Linda A.; Flather, Curtis H.; Flebbe, Patricia A.; Hoekstra, Thomas W.; Ursic, Stan J. 1990. Integrating Forage, Wildlife, Water, and Fish Projections with Timber Projections at the Regional Level: A Case Study in Southern United States. Environmental Management Vol. 14(4): 489 – 500