Vascular flora and macroscopic fauna on the Fernow Experimental Forest

Madarish, Darlene M.; Rodrigue, Jane L.; Adams, Mary Beth

doi:10.2737/ne-gtr-291

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“…The 364,225 ha MNF is located within the central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia in portions of 10 counties. The majority of the MNF is located in the Allegheny Mountains and Plateau physiographic subprovince, where forests at lower to mid-elevations are dominated by the mixed mesophytic hardwood type consisting of sugar maple (Acer saccharinum), red maple (A. rubra), northern red oak (Quercus rubra), chestnut oak (Q. prinus), yellowpoplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), sweet birch (Betula lenta), black cherry (Prunus serotina), and basswood (Tilia Americana; Madarish et al 2002). At approximately 900-1,100 m elevation depending upon aspect and landform position, the forest transitions to northern hardwood or northern hardwood-montane boreal assemblages of sugar maple, American beech, yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), and red spruce (Picea rubens; Stephenson 1993).…”

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Local and landscape scale factors influencing edge effects on woodland salamanders

Moseley

Ford

Edwards

2008

Environ Monit Assess

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We examined local and landscape-scale variable influence on the depth and magnitude of edge effects on woodland salamanders in mature mixed mesophytic and northern hardwood forest adjacent to natural gas well sites maintained as wildlife openings. We surveyed woodland salamander occurrence from June-August 2006 at 33 gas well sites in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. We used an information-theoretic approach to test nine a priori models explaining landscape-scale effects on woodland salamander capture proportion within 20 m of field edge. Salamander capture proportion was greater within 0-60 m than 61-100 m of field edges. Similarly, available coarse woody debris proportion was greater within 0-60 m than 61-100 m of field edge. Our ASPECT model, that incorporated the single variable aspect, received the strongest support for explaining landscape-scale effects on salamander capture proportion within 20 m of opening edge. The ASPECT model indicated that fewer salamanders occurred within 20 m of opening edges on drier, hotter southwestern aspects than in moister, cooler northeastern aspects. Our results suggest that forest habitat adjacent to maintained edges and with sufficient cover still can provide suitable habitat for woodland salamander species in central Appalachian mixed mesophytic and northern hardwood forests. Additionally, our modeling results support the contention that edge effects are more severe on southwesterly aspects. These results underscore the importance of distinguishing among different edge types as well as placing survey locations within a landscape context when investigating edge impacts on woodland salamanders.

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Local and landscape scale factors influencing edge effects on woodland salamanders

Moseley

Ford

Edwards

2008

Environ Monit Assess

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“…Elevations range from 530 to 1,100 m with numerous intermittent and perennial dendritic streams incising the steep slopes and plateau-like ridgetops in the area (Madarish et al 2002). Forests on the FEF are a mosaic of second-growth and thirdgrowth mixed-mesophytic, Allegheny/northern hardwoods and oak (Quercus spp.)…”

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Nightly and yearly bat activity before and after white-nose syndrome on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia

Johnson¹,

Rodrigue²,

Ford³

2013

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In the central Appalachians, conservation concern about bat communities and their population status has become increasingly more significant with the advent and spread of white-nose syndrome (WNS). However, managers often are hampered in their response to WNS by the lack of information on pre-WNS local distribution, abundance, or activity patterns for most bat species. At the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF), Tucker County, WV, where bat research has been conducted since the mid-1990s, we acoustically monitored bat activity a total of 20 nights each at four sites for 4 years-3 years before and 1 year after WNS was detected-to better assess those local patterns. Within sampling nights, activity of northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) and big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) peaked directly after sunset and declined throughout the night, whereas activity of little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) and Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) had a unimodal distribution that peaked in the middle of the night. Activity of many bat species differed among sample sites and was highest at a small, artificial pond located on a dry ridgetop. Activity of little brown myotis, northern myotis, and Indiana myotis was lower post-WNS than pre-WNS, consistent with the species' precipitous declines previously reported in WNS-affected areas in the Northeast and upper portions of the Mid-Atlantic. Cover PhotoNorthern myotis. Photo by Jane Rodrigue, U.S. Forest Service.

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“…Elklick Run, a 2.4-km fourth-order stream, roughly bisects the FEF from east to west. Approximately 5.5 km of dendritic intermittent and permanent streams feed into Elklick Run and incise the steep slopes and plateau-like ridgetops, providing all possible slope aspects (Madarish et al 2002). Vegetation at FEF is largely a mosaic of second-and third-growth, mixed-mesophytic and northern hardwood forest.…”

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Roost Selection by Male Indiana Myotis Following Forest Fires in Central Appalachian Hardwoods Forests

Johnson

Ford

Rodrigue

et al. 2010

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

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Despite the potential for prescribed fire and natural wildfire to increase snag abundance in hardwood forests, few studies have investigated effects of fire on bat roosting habitat, particularly that of the endangered Indiana myotis Myotis sodalis. From 2001 to 2009, we examined roost selection of Indiana myotis in burned and unburned forests in Tucker County, West Virginia. We radiotracked 15 male Indiana myotis to 50 roost trees; 16 in burned stands and 34 in unburned stands. Indiana myotis roosted in stands that had initially been burned 1-3 y prior to our observations. In burned stands, Indiana myotis roosted exclusively in fire-killed maples (Acer spp.). In unburned stands, they roosted in live trees, predominately hickories (Carya spp.), oaks (Quercus spp.), and maples. Roost trees in burned stands were surrounded by less basal area and by trees in advanced stages of decay, creating larger canopy gaps than at random trees in burned stands or actual roost trees located in unburned stands. Compared to random trees in unburned stands, roost trees in unburned stands were less decayed, had higher percent bark coverage, and were surrounded by less basal area, also resulting in larger canopy gaps. Roost-switching frequency and distances moved by Indiana myotis among roost trees were similar between burned and unburned stands. Our research indicates that use of fire for forest management purposes, at minimum provoked no response from Indiana myotis in terms of roost tree selection, and may create additional roost resources, depending on spatial context.

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Vascular flora and macroscopic fauna on the Fernow Experimental Forest

Cited by 26 publications

References 24 publications

Local and landscape scale factors influencing edge effects on woodland salamanders

Local and landscape scale factors influencing edge effects on woodland salamanders

Nightly and yearly bat activity before and after white-nose syndrome on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia

Roost Selection by Male Indiana Myotis Following Forest Fires in Central Appalachian Hardwoods Forests

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