idaho biogeography
DESCRIPTION
A tour through the major landforms and ecosystems of the Columbia River headwaters in Idaho and adjacent Montana and Nevada. This presentation represents the culmination of a 6 month field season assessing habitat for endangered trout and salmon populations for the USFS.TRANSCRIPT
Biogeography: Summer 2012Montana and Idaho (…and Nevada)
Conor M.S. Defense & Graduation
Welcome to the Scenic Interior Northwest
PIBO-EM: PACFISH INFISH Biological Opinion Effectiveness Monitoring
Big Picture: What ecological forces influence vegetation form and structure?
Montana
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Central Rockies
Central Idaho
Granite!
South Central Idaho
Southern Idaho
Nevada.Nevada.
Interior Northwest vegetation: cold, dry, Interior Northwest vegetation: cold, dry, poor, & disturbed poor, & disturbed (snow avalanche, rockslides, (snow avalanche, rockslides, fire, smoke)fire, smoke)
Interior Northwest vegetation: cold, dry, Interior Northwest vegetation: cold, dry, poor, & disturbed poor, & disturbed (snow avalanche, rockslides, (snow avalanche, rockslides, fire, smoke)fire, smoke)
…….Questions?.Questions?