Abstract
Natural resources professionals face many long-term issues related to the use and management of forest resources including understanding: (1) the dynamic nature of forest ecosystems; (2) how management activities influence forest characteristics spatially and temporally; and (3) how wildlife respond to changes over time. One method used to assess the effects of long-term temporal changes in forest ecosystems involves the use of ecological classification systems, where ecosystems are classified and mapped according to specific biotic and abiotic properties, and facilitate assessment of distributions and movements of wildlife populations based on the identification of the spatial and temporal characteristics of the resources necessary for survival.
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FELIX, A.B., LINDEN, D.W., CAMPA III, H. (2007). Building and Using Habitat Models for Assessing Temporal Changes in Forest Ecosystems. In: Bissonette, J.A., Storch, I. (eds) Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-45447-4_12
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