Habitat Assessment of the Pacific Sideband (Monadenia fidelis) In ...

Pacific Sideband 4Table of ContentsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 2ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 3TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 4LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................................ 5LIST OF FIGURES...................................................................................................................................... 51.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 62.0 METHODOLOGY......................................................................................................................... 73.0 RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................... 83.1 NUMBER OBSERVED .................................................................................................................... 93.2 VEGETATION................................................................................................................................ 93.2.1 Forest Cover........................................................................................................................... 93.2.2 Stand Age................................................................................................................................ 93.2.3 Trees ..................................................................................................................................... 103.2.4 Shrubs................................................................................................................................... 103.2.5 Herbs .................................................................................................................................... 103.2.6 Moss...................................................................................................................................... 113.3 DISTURBANCE............................................................................................................................ 113.4 SLOPE......................................................................................................................................... 113.5 ASPECT ...................................................................................................................................... 113.6 ELEVATION ................................................................................................................................ 113.7 SUBSTRATE ................................................................................................................................ 124.0 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................... 125.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................... 136.0 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................. 14APPENDIX A: PHOTO PLATES ............................................................................................................ 15