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Analysis of small mammal community data and applications to management of urban greenspaces
| Author: |
Nilon, Charles L.; VanDruff, Larry W. |
| Date: |
1987 |
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In: Adams, L.W.; Leedy, D.L., eds. Integrating Man and Nature in the Metropolitan Environment: Proceedings of the National Symposium on Urban Wildlife; 1986 November 4-7; Chevy Chase, MD. Columbia, MD: National Institute for Urban Wildlife |
| Abstract: |
As wildlife biologists concerned with the management of greenspaces for a number of wildlife species, we wondered if it were possible to use species abundance data to develop a simple system for grouping greenspaces into categories with similar management needs. To be useful as a management tool, the system should make sense both from an ecological standpoint and correspond to views of the urbanization process held by planners. We used ordination and classification techniques to differentiate 24 greenspaces in the Syracuse, New York metropolitan area based on the small mammal populations found on each greenspace. This small mammal data set is similar to the type of information planners and managers have available when planning the management of greenspaces. Our objectives in this paper are to identify the environmental factors that explain differences between the greenspaces, develop a simple classification system for greenspaces, and relate the environmental factors and classification to measures of landscape quality and pattern. |
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