Forest Biology
Many different forest ecosystems exist in the Pacific Northwest, each with
its own characteristic set of organisms, processes, and relationships. Scientists
are just beginning to understand the diversity of these forests, which goes
far beyond the trees that dominate the overstory. This section contains
data and descriptive information on biological features of Pacific Northwest
forests.
Epiphytic lichens
and mosses are an important component of forest biodiversity. This site
is dedicated to the study of the effects of forest management on epiphytes.
The Library
is a cooperative effort by land management and ecological laboratories
to develop, archive, and share plant specimens that have been indexed
to a specific ecological region. These images are used to model and render
landscape and ecosystem environments using advanced computer systems.
Metadata
for part of this project is available from this link.
This database encompasses
research on the taxonomy, systematics, community structure, population
biology, biological diversity and ecosystem functions of forest fungi.
Applications include the effects of forest disturbance and management
on fungal productivity and function, and on conservation strategies
for rare forest fungi.
This portal is intended to serve as a tool for facilitating the
implementation of the expanded programme of work on forests, for
promoting network development amongst interested Parties, governments
and stakeholders, and as a way of reviewing the implementation of the
expanded work programme. The portal will also provide the opportunity
for users to report on relevant case studies and best practices.
Over 3,500 images
of more than 800 insects, diseases, plants, wildlife, and management
practices are downloadable and can be copied and used for any non-profit,
educational purpose.
The
Olympic Field Station manages a database containing 17,000 non-vascular
cryptogam collections and observations on the Olympic Peninsula in NW
Washington (largely Olympic National Park). These data were compiled from ongoing
FRESC studies, nearly 5000 specimens in the Olympic National Park Herbarium,
and from personal collections by Martin Hutten.
This database, when put on line, will provide other agencies with
data on species occurrence, abundance, geographical and elevational distribution
(displayed graphically), macro and microhabitat requirements and other
data of nearly 1000 lichens, mosses, and liverworts.
Many of these species are rare, listed in WNHP or in the ROD, and
several species are new to Washington or the Pacific Northwest. Detailed close photography of over 300
different species are available electronically.
- Oregon
Biodiversity Project
The Biodiversity Partnership is an alliance of organizations and individuals
involved in cooperative efforts to conserve Oregon’s biological diversity.
The partnership was created to carry on the work of the Oregon Biodiversity
Project. The project pioneered a new, collaborative approach to conservation
planning that produced a big-picture view of conservation priorities
for Oregon’s native species and the habitats and ecosystems that support
them. To learn more about Oregon's ecosystems, or to order a data CD
data sets used in the Oregon Biodiversity Project, plus visualization
software visit the Project website.
The Oregon State
University Herbarium has its Mycological Types and Vascular Plant Type
collections available in an on-line searchable database.
This Web page is
dedicated to the biodiversity of the McDonald-Dunn Research Forest.
The Research Forest is managed by the College of Forestry at Oregon
State University. These two databases contain the species that have
been reported from McDonald-Dunn Research Forest.
Northwest Alliance
for Computational Science and Engineering (NASCE) has made accessible
a wide variety of biological databases for researchers at Oregon State
University.
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This site is developed and maintained by the Fire and Mountain Ecology Lab,the
USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, the University of Washington,
and the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
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