Ecosystem classification in a flat, highly fragmented region of Indiana, USA

Dolan, Benjamin J.; Parker, George R.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2005.08.045

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“…RF, showing performance at the level of boosting and support vector machines, is one of the most successful ensemble methods and an effective tool in prediction. Recently, both of them have been successfully applied in many fields including ecology, bio-informatics, genetics and earth science (remote sensing) (Moisen and Frescino, 2002;Chen and Liu, 2005;Dolan and Parker, 2005;Pal, 2005;Barker et al, 2006;Cutler et al, 2007;De'ath, 2007;Peters et al, 2007;Elith et al, 2008;Perdiguero-Alonso et al, 2008).…”

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Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River

Wang

Lek-Ang

et al. 2010

Science of The Total Environment

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Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River

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Lek-Ang

et al. 2010

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Numerous ECS have been developed for forest regions in the eastern United States (Spies and Barnes 1985;Hix 1988;Van Kley 1993;Hanson and Hargrave 1996;Hix and Pearcy 1997;Goebel et al 2001;Dolan and Parker 2005), although few have been mapped to the same level of detail as the Hoosier National Forest (HNF). Van Kley (1993) developed an ECS for HNF and surrounding area in south-central Indiana.…”

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Overstory species composition of naturally regenerated clearcuts in an ecological classification framework

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Multifactor ecological classification systems are being developed for many regions. An element of these systems not yet well understood is how disturbances, clearcutting in this instance, may alter the vegetative component of the classification units at the stand and landscape levels. We sampled 1,096 plots in 21-35 year old naturally regenerated clearcuts on the Hoosier National Forest (HNF) in south-central Indiana, USA. We examined overstory species composition of clearcut plots in comparison to reference plots (80? years old), both within and among six Ecological Landtype Phases (ELTPs) of two ecological sections using non-metric multidimensional scaling and non-metric multi-response permutation procedures. Clearcutting drastically changed species composition in comparison to reference plots within ELTPs ranging from mixed oak-dominated ridges and slopes to bottomland, cove hardwood communities; Quercus species on ridges and slopes were replaced by Liriodendron tulipifera L. and, to a lesser degree, Prunus serotina Ehrh. and Acer rubrum L., in ELTPs of both sections. Contrasts of overstory species composition of reference plots exhibited differences among ELTPs, but clearcut plots showed mixed results and indicated very similar species composition across all ELTPs. Autogenic factors are likely the main drivers of overstory composition of clearcut sites. Species composition of ELTPs will continue to develop in response to autogenic and allogenic factors over time, and differences among ELTPs may emerge in later stages of stand development as the effects of allogenic factors accumulate. It is expected that L. tulipifera, a long-lived species, will be a dominant species in terms of basal area and density of all ELTPs in mature stands. Classification systems not designed to deal with changes related to disturbance and a failure to predict successional Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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“…The most commonly used ecological classification framework used in the United States was developed by the USDA Forest Service (Keys et al, 1995;Cleland et al, 1997) and has been used to hierarchically organize, classify, and map land units from regional to site scales in an ecologically meaningful way based upon climate, geology, physiography, soils, and vegetation information (Table 1). This framework has been used to classify the United States to the ecological subsection level (Keys et al, 1995) and to classify many national and state forests as well as other public and private lands at finer scales (Hix, 1988;Van Kley, 1993;McNabb et al, 1999;Dolan and Parker, 2005).…”

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“…Ecological classification systems are generally used for mapping land areas, identifying potential natural communities, and predicting the responses of forest ecosystems to natural and management-imposed disturbances (Dolan and Parker, 2005). Consequently, ecological classification is a useful management tool for both setting management objectives and implementing management regimes.…”

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Using ecological land types to examine landscape-scale oak regeneration dynamics

Kabrick

Zenner

Dey

et al. 2008

Forest Ecology and Management

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Ecosystem classification in a flat, highly fragmented region of Indiana, USA

Cited by 18 publications

References 43 publications

Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River

Predicting assemblages and species richness of endemic fish in the upper Yangtze River

Overstory species composition of naturally regenerated clearcuts in an ecological classification framework

Using ecological land types to examine landscape-scale oak regeneration dynamics

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