Management of Disturbances for Wildlife
Webinar Details
When:
Mar 27, 2012 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:32 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Reviewed for Continued Content Relevance: 08/2016
Presenter(s):
- Loren W. (Wes) Burger, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Director, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1.5 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1.5 hour SRM Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1.5 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will learn about the critical role of disturbances in maintaining healthy grasslands, wetlands, and forests and importance of incorporating disturbances into conservation plans.
Change, as evident in the structure and composition of the plant community, is characteristic of all ecosystems. The rate and trajectory of change varies widely among ecosystems depending on the type, frequency and intensity of disturbances such as fire, flooding, wind (tornado, hurricane, windrow, etc.), ice, drought or absence of disturbance. Healthy, functioning grasslands, forests, and wetlands require periodic disturbance. Wildlife associated with disturbance-dependent ecosystems (e.g., grassland birds) have been disproportionately affected by alterations in natural disturbance regimes caused by humans. Consequently, management must be proactive to establish and maintain disturbance dependent ecosystems that species such as Gold-winged Warbler, Greater Sage-grouse, Lesser Prairie-chicken, Gopher Tortoise, and others depend. This webinar describes the critical role of disturbances in ecosystem restoration and management and proactive approaches to establish and maintain early successional habitats for focal wildlife species.
This webinar is sponsored by the USDA NRCS National Wildlife Team located at the Central National Technology Support Center.
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