RECOVER MAP 3.1.3.6 Landscape Pattern - Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Elevations ENP, WCA3 - PO 4500021923

Research objectives were to obtain data that can be analyzed to better understand the dynamics of tree island vegetation in response to a multitude of factors, including changes in hydrology. The dataset contains the â raw dataâ measurements taken at each island, within respective sample plots. The data can then be used to compare changes over time (2005-2008), project how species of tree, shrub, and herb may react to disturbances, and determine at what spatial and temporal scale hardwood hammocks are affected by hydrological changes. objectives are: (1) monitor and characterize the current condition of tropical hardwood-dominated tree islands with significant areas of the Shark Slough; and (2) characterize relationships among the hydrologic regimes of adjacent long and short hydroperiod marshes, with respect to population dynamics of resident trees and associated plant species within selected islands.本研究的目标为获取可用于分析的数据，以深入理解树岛植被响应包括水文变化在内的多种驱动因素的动态变化规律。本数据集包含在各树岛对应样地内采集的原始测量数据。依托该数据，可开展2005年至2008年的时间序列变化对比，预测乔木、灌木及草本物种对干扰的响应模式，并明确硬木林岛（hardwood hammocks）受水文变化影响的空间与时间尺度。本研究的具体目标包括：（1）对分布于鲨鱼沼泽（Shark Slough）大片区域的、以硬木植被为优势种的热带树岛的现状进行监测与特征描述；（2）针对选定树岛内的本土乔木及伴生植物类群的种群动态，解析相邻长水文周期与短水文周期沼泽的水文情势之间的关联关系。