Mapping edaphic soils' conditions to identify conservation targets for pine barren and sandplain ecosystems in New York State.

ABSTRACT: Small habitat patches can be important reservoirs for biodiversity, capable of hosting unique species that are largely absent from the surrounding landscape. In cases where such patches owe their existence to the presence of particular soil types or hydrologic conditions, local-scale edaphic variables may be more effective components for models that identify patch location than regional-scale macroclimatic variables often used in habitat and species distribution models. We modeled the edaphic soil conditions that support pine barren, sandplain, and related ecosystems in New York State with the purpose of identifying potential locations for biodiversity conservation. We quantified soil percent sand and soil depth of 156 known high-quality remnant pine barren and sandplain ecosystems to calc

SUBMITTER: Corbin JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465398 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature