Date of Award:
5-2010
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
Department:
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Committee Chair(s)
Craig W. Johnson
Committee
Craig W. Johnson
Committee
Elizabeth A. Brabec
Committee
David Bell
Committee
Keith Christensen
Abstract
To this date, little research has been done evaluating the quality of wildlife habitat provided by open space in residential areas. Quality wildlife habitat for the purposes of this study is defined as those areas which contain the physical and biological characteristics necessary to support native wildlife species of the region. This thesis critiqued a wildlife habitat assessment method used in a nationwide study of residential open space for the purpose of better understanding the research conducted by the study and to inform similar, future habitat evaluations of landscapes altered by human activity to accommodate residential land use. The methodology critiqued was a low resolution, habitat based, rapid assessment. The methodology provided information on the ecological function of the open space in each development and related that information to individual wildlife species needs to provide an estimation of habitat quality. However, an increase in sampling frequency and additional data collection would have improved the assessment.
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Recommended Citation
Rigard, Sarah, "Critique of a Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Method Applied to Residential Open Space" (2010). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 643.
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