How Many Lichen? How Many Trees? Island Biogeography in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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2010-04Author
Schoenfuss, Nick
Ames, Sarah
Snobl, Zachary
Soine, Jessica
Pletzer, Josh
Pischke, Kate
Advisor(s)
Wellnitz, Todd A.
Merten, Eric
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Concepts garnered by studying islands and their biogeography can be applied to conservation and land management, since many natural areas are isolated due to fragmentation of the landscape by human activity. Two factors that influence species numbers on islands are insularity and habitat diversity. A study analyzing species richness on islands in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was used to assess the relative importance of these two factors. Lichen and tress species richness was assessed on 30 islands in six lakes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Subject
Biogeography--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Posters
Biodiversity--Environmental aspects
Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)
Island ecology--Minnesota--Boundary Waters Canoe Area
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/47180Description
Color poster with text, images, and graphs.