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•Habitat
•Design Concepts
•Regional Impacts
• Diversity of plant
communities
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Landscape Ecology Terms
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Design Concepts: • Edge Effect
• Habitat “Patches”
• Habitat
Connectivity
• Habitat Circuitry
Photo by John
Davis, TPWD
The Edge Effect
• Edge is inversely proportional to species diversity
• Number of predators increase at edges
• Number of cowbird nest predations increase at edges
Drawing from Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways. USDA General Technical Report SRS
Edges and Boundaries
Habitat A Habitat B
Habitat A Habitat B
Limited Movement
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Restore gaps in higher order streams
first to provide the greatest benefit
for biodiversity
Drawing from Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways. USDA General Technical Report SRS
Conservation Buffers and Corridors
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Key Corridor Design Considerations
Drawing from Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways. USDA General Technical Report SRS
Street
Wildlife Corridor
Worst
Better Even Better
Best
Movement Between
Patches
Drawing by John Davis, TPWD
Circuitry
Corridor of Habitat
Corridor of Habitat
Low Circuitry
Drawing by John Davis, TPWD
High Circuitry
Source
Sink
Drawing from Principles of Conservation Biolog
Modified from Mette and Carroll
Regional Impacts and Conservation
Buffers
Effects of Urbanization on the Land:
Fragmentation
Habitat Diversity
Effects of Urbanization on Wildlife
Habitat Diversity
Specialists
Generalists
Interspecific Competition Thrive!
(many are not native)
Key Considerations
• Landscape scale and cumulative effects
• Design for multi-purposes
• Maintain flexible design
• Higher plant diversity offers greatest
benefits
• Bigger is better
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Drawing from Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways. USDA General Technical Report SRS
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Location Determines Actual Functions of
Buffer
• Site characteristics
• Slope
• Soils
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Ecosystem Benefits Related to Buffer
Functions
1. Biodiversity
2. Water Quality
3. Productive Soils
Buffer functions for Biodiversity
Objectives: Enhance terrestrial and aquatic
habitat
1. Increase habitat area
2. Protect sensitive habitats
3. Restore connectivity
4. Increase access to resources
5. Shade stream to maintain temperature
Buffer Functions for Water Quality
Objectives: Reduce erosion and runoff of sediment,
nutrients, and other potential pollutants. Remove
pollutants from water runoff and wind