Burrow Densities of Primary Burrowing Crayfishes in Relation to Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Vegetation Treatments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Vegetation Treatments
2.2. Site Selection
2.3. Vegetation, Burrow and Crayfish Sampling
2.4. Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site Code | Vegetation Treatment | Site Name | Habitat Type | Compart-ment Size (ha) | Sample Date(s) | Years Since Burn | Latitude | Longitude | Procambarus fitzpatricki | Creaserinus sp. |
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F1C | M (mulched) | NW Fontainebleau | savanna | 73 | 26–27 January | 18 | 30.3979 | −88.7436 | 5 | 8 |
G11NW | M (mowed) | Martin Pasture | pasture | 16 1 | 28 February | 10 | 30.4333 | −88.6450 | 0 | 6 |
O20 | M (mowed) | Utah Crop Unit W | pasture/food plot | 2 1 | 9–10 February | 5 | 30.4682 | −88.8176 | 0 | 16 |
G15S | F | Church | savanna | 61 | 25–26 January | 1 | 30.4164 | −88.6635 | 0 | 15 |
G5N | F | West Valentine | savanna | 155 | 24–25 January | 2 | 30.4548 | −88.6849 | 3 | 16 |
G6N | F | North Valentine | savanna | 65 | 24–25 January | 1 | 30.4635 | −88.6893 | 1 | 13 |
O10SW | F | S Duck Pond | savanna | 60 | 7–8 February | 1 | 30.4540 | −88.7589 | 0 | 9 |
O16E | F | SW Greenpond | savanna | 170 | 8–9 February | 1 | 30.4642 | −88.7816 | 0 | 11 |
G11SE | I | NW Martin | forest | 69 | 1 March | 2 | 30.4314 | −88.6431 | 1 | 5 |
O5S | I | Utah North | savanna | 126 | 2 March | 3 | 30.4699 | −88.8161 | 1 | 14 |
O9W | I | scrub | 47 | 8 February | 7 | 30.4577 | −88.7693 | 1 | 10 | |
O19E | I_M | Semmes 9 | savanna | 90 | 1 March | 3 | 30.4711 | −88.7550 | 1 | 16 |
Eigenvector | ||
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Vegetation variable | 1 | 2 |
% Grass/forbs | 0.958 | 0.094 |
Woody height | −0.920 | 0.304 |
Trees > 1.2 m | −0.856 | −0.084 |
% Leaf/SWD | −0.819 | −0.491 |
% Woody plants | −0.587 | 0.687 |
Herbaceous height | 0.275 | 0.797 |
Trees < 1.2 m | −0.181 | 0.548 |
Contrast | Estimate | SE | df | Statistic | p-Value | Adj. p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment M-F | 3.06 | 4.85 | 15.1 | 0.63 | 0.530 | 0.901 |
Treatment M-I | 9.19 | 4.50 | 15.1 | 2.04 | 0.059 | 0.167 |
Treatment F-I | 6.13 | 3.37 | 15.1 | 1.82 | 0.088 | 0.242 |
Equation | Model Summary | Parameter Estimates | ||||
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Adjusted R-Square | F | p-Value | Constant | b1 | ||
PERCENT COVER | ||||||
% woody plants | Linear | 0.36 | 7.12 | 0.024 | 15.43 | −0.48 |
Exponential | 0.52 | 12.67 | 0.005 | 19.40 | −0.08 | |
% grass/forbs | Linear | 0.20 | 3.72 | 0.083 | −0.32 | 0.14 |
Exponential | 0.21 | 3.99 | 0.074 | 1.61 | 0.02 | |
% bare | Linear | −0.01 | 0.92 | 0.359 | 14.05 | −0.53 |
Exponential | −0.09 | 0.11 | 0.752 | 9.57 | −0.03 | |
% leaf or small wood | Linear | −0.01 | 0.91 | 0.364 | 10.91 | −0.10 |
Exponential | −0.01 | 0.94 | 0.356 | 8.80 | −0.01 | |
% large wood | Linear | 0.11 | 2.40 | 0.153 | 12.25 | −11.00 |
Exponential | −0.02 | 0.84 | 0.380 | 9.53 | −1.03 | |
PLANT HEIGHTS | ||||||
Woody plant height | Linear | 0.33 | 6.52 | 0.029 | 15.46 | −0.15 |
Exponential | 0.50 | 11.78 | 0.006 | 19.68 | −0.02 | |
Herbaceous plant height | Linear | −0.10 | 0.01 | 0.927 | 10.59 | −0.01 |
Exponential | −0.10 | 0.05 | 0.831 | 9.18 | 0.00 | |
TREES | ||||||
Trees > 1.2 m tall/m | Linear | 0.22 | 4.05 | 0.072 | 12.06 | −63.77 |
Exponential | 0.49 | 11.46 | 0.007 | 11.55 | −12.82 | |
Trees < 1.2 m tall/m | Linear | −0.04 | 0.56 | 0.472 | 11.27 | −53.12 |
Exponential | −0.03 | 0.67 | 0.432 | 9.39 | −8.54 |
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Adams, S.B.; Hereford, S.G.; Hyseni, C. Burrow Densities of Primary Burrowing Crayfishes in Relation to Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Vegetation Treatments. Water 2021, 13, 1854. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131854
Adams SB, Hereford SG, Hyseni C. Burrow Densities of Primary Burrowing Crayfishes in Relation to Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Vegetation Treatments. Water. 2021; 13(13):1854. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131854
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdams, Susan B., Scott G. Hereford, and Chaz Hyseni. 2021. "Burrow Densities of Primary Burrowing Crayfishes in Relation to Prescribed Fire and Mechanical Vegetation Treatments" Water 13, no. 13: 1854. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13131854