Research Associate Oregon State University, United States
Monitoring biodiversity efficiently and effectively is a major challenge for conservation and for sustainability certification, and is especially salient in the context of young early seral forests. Here, we evaluate the viability of several indicators as biodiversity surrogates in the context of post-fire and post-harvest stands in southwest Oregon.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to describe why individual species groups may not effectively reflect overall biodiversity patterns.
Upon completion, participants will be able to list the attributes of early seral forest stands that may be indicative of distinctive species composition or high species richness for commonly monitored species groups.
