The Role of Dead Trees in Ground-Level Biodiversity at the Harvard Forest
- HF-ID: HF2001-14
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Widland, K.
- Date: May 5, 2001
- Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Student report (Freshman Seminar). 1 File Folder (1 copy). 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: dead wood, roots, wildlife, leaf litter
- Abstract:
- One meter quadrats set up along a linear transect. Data categorized from each quadrat into 4 habitat features (dead trees, living trees, large rocks and root mounds). Then the average species density of flora and fauna that was visible to the unaided eye was quantified. Samples containing more than one of the four habitat features had the highest level of biodiversity. Data showed that root mounds and dead trees were the factors that were most highly correlated with biodiversity. The lowest levels of biodiversity were in the samples that were dominated by large rock faces and those that lacked any of the four habitat features.
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