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Averlant, Philippe, and Richard Sabatier. "Habiter, habitant, habitat." VST - Vie sociale et traitements 97, no. 1 (2008): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/vst.097.0026.

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Habel, Jan Christian, and Frank E. Zachos. "Habitat fragmentation versus fragmented habitats." Biodiversity and Conservation 21, no. 11 (August 19, 2012): 2987–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0349-4.

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Virgl, John A., and François Messier. "Assessment of source-sink theory for predicting demographic rates among habitats that exhibit temporal changes in quality." Canadian Journal of Zoology 78, no. 8 (August 1, 2000): 1483–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z00-066.

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Within the framework of Pulliam's source-sink model we tested predictions of habitat-specific demography on a "closed" population of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus L.) occupying three contiguous habitats that exhibited temporal changes in quality and quantity. We were able to distinguish between dispersal among habitats and mortality within each habitat, and induce temporal variation in operational-habitat availability and suitability by manipulating water level. Temporal variation in population size and density among habitats supported the source-sink model and was primarily associated with habitat-specific survival rates. For example, the mean annual over-winter mortality rate of individuals in the principal source habitat (0.87) was less than in the sink habitat (0.94), and subsequently the mean annual finite rate of increase (λ) was positive in the source habitat (λ = 1.41) and negative in the sink habitat (λ = 0.90). The high recruitment rate of juveniles in the prime habitat during autumn was also associated with significant emigration of juveniles from this habitat. Emigration of adults among habitats provided support for the role of spacing behaviour in regulating the breeding density of muskrats in prime habitat. However, in contrast to the assumption of source-sink theory, year-to-year variation in survival rate in the more marginal habitats appeared to be explained more by temporal changes in habitat suitability than by density. Significant emigration of juveniles from the sink habitat was not predicted and was largely dependent on current habitat conditions. In addition, the mean annual emigration rate was lowest in the principal source habitat (0.30) and highest in the more marginal habitats (0.62). Failure to detect directional emigration from prime to marginal habitats in the spring, as predicted by the source-sink model, was likely due to declining local population size. In environments where spatial differences in habitat quality are not static, and annual change in local population size is largely independent of density, current source-sink models must be modified to better predict individual dispersal strategies.
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PROOROCU, Marian, and Cristina Maria AVRAM. "Evaluation of Anthropical Pressures on Community Interest Habitats and Species in Natura 2000 Cold Someș." Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Agriculture 77, no. 1 (May 24, 2020): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:2019.0026.

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The list of habitats of community interest within the Natura 2000 site ROSCI0233, as provided in the Natura 2000 standard, comprises 8 habitats of community interest. Two important activities were carried out: identification and inventory of habitats and species and assessment of negative influences that could affect the natural distribution area, the structure and functions. The assessment of the conservation status has highlighted the existence of significant anthropogenic pressures on some habitats (deforestation, land use change), which led to their unfavorable conservation status (habitat 9410, habitat 91D0*, habitat 91E0*, habitat 9110, habitat 9130).
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Rosenfeld, Jordan S., and Todd Hatfield. "Information needs for assessing critical habitat of freshwater fish." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63, no. 3 (March 1, 2006): 683–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f05-242.

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The core assumptions of critical habitat designation are a positive relationship between habitat and population size and that a minimum habitat area is required to meet a recovery target. Effects of habitat on population limitation scale from (i) effects on performance of individuals (growth, survival, fecundity) within a life history stage, to (ii) limitation of populations by habitats associated with specific life history stages, and (iii) larger-scale habitat structure required for metapopulation persistence. The minimum subset of habitats required to achieve a recovery target will depend on the extent, quality, and spatial configuration of habitats available to sequential life history stages. Although populations may be limited by available habitat for a single life history stage, altering habitat quality for subsequent stages will also affect individual survival and population size, providing multiple leverage points within a life history for habitat management to achieve recovery targets. When habitat-explicit demographic data are lacking, consequences of uncertainty in critical habitat assessment need to be explicit, and research should focus on identifying habitats most likely to be limiting based on species biology.
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Pratt, Thomas C., and Karen E. Smokorowski. "Fish habitat management implications of the summer habitat use by littoral fishes in a north temperate, mesotrophic lake." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60, no. 3 (March 1, 2003): 286–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f03-022.

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Compensation measures in response to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat includes provisions for habitat creation and enhancement. Thus, an assessment of nearshore habitat utilization patterns by fishes is needed to put DFO compensation measures in the context of the "no net loss of the productive capacity of fish habitat" directive. Measures of abundance, richness, and diversity of fishes were compared across nine habitat types in a lake using rapid visual underwater assessment. Multivariate analyses separated habitats into three groups and identified two distinct species assemblages. Most species were associated with macrophytes, but a few were primarily associated with rocky substrate. Shallow mud (open) habitats contained significantly fewer species and had lower mean scores and diversity than all other habitat types. Rocky habitats had lower mean scores and diversity than some vegetated habitat types containing similar fish assemblages. Surprisingly, within-site fish assemblage heterogeneity was similar to among-site heterogeneity, and among-habitat heterogeneity was lower than within-habitat heterogeneity, further supporting our inability to distinguish among vegetated habitat types. Our results suggest that habitat heterogeneity is critical in maintaining diverse communities and that compensation measures should account for differences in fish–habitat associations among varied habitats.
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Noguchi, Hideyuki, Akira Itoh, Takashi Mizuno, Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang, Mamoru Kanzaki, Sakhan Teejuntuk, Witchaphart Sungpalee, et al. "Habitat divergence in sympatric Fagaceae tree species of a tropical montane forest in northern Thailand." Journal of Tropical Ecology 23, no. 5 (August 16, 2007): 549–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467407004403.

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Spatial distributions of many tropical trees are skewed to specific habitats, i.e. habitat specialization. However, habitats of specialist species must be divergent, i.e. habitat divergence, to coexist in a local community. When a pair of species specialize in the same habitat, i.e. habitat convergence, they could not coexist by way of habitat specialization. Thus, analyses of habitat divergence, in addition to habitat specialization, are necessary to discuss coexistence mechanisms of sympatric species. In this study, the habitat specialization and habitat divergence along topographic gradients of eight sympatric tree species of the Fagaceae were studied in a 15-ha study plot in a tropical lower montane forest in northern Thailand. A statistical test with torus shift randomizations for 9673 trees of Fagaceae revealed significantly biased distributions for all of the species, for at least one of the four topographic variables used: elevation, slope inclination, aspect and convexity. Slope convexity was the most critical topographic variable, along which all but one species had significantly skewed distributions. Out of 112 possible combinations of species pairs and topographic variables, 18 (16%) and two pairs (1.8%) showed significant habitat divergence and habitat convergence, respectively. The observed habitat divergence alone could not completely explain the coexistence of the eight species. There was a gradation in the habitat position of each species, with relatively large overlaps between species distributed in similar habitats, and small overlaps between species associated with contrasting habitats, respectively. The gradual changes in the habitats of the species suggested that dividing the species into a small number of distinct habitat groups, such as ridge and valley specialists, would not be straightforward.
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Robinson, B. G., K. W. Larsen, and H. J. Kerr. "Natal experience and conspecifics influence the settling behaviour of the juvenile terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare." Canadian Journal of Zoology 89, no. 8 (August 2011): 661–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z11-030.

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Cues used by dispersing juveniles to assess habitat quality can be based on public information available to all individuals or on private information obtained from experience in the natal habitat. The presence of conspecifics (public information) and natal habitat quality (private information) have been shown to influence habitat preferences in many species, but the relative importance of these two cue types is seldom investigated. We examined whether habitat quality relative to the natal habitat had a stronger influence on the settling decisions of the juvenile terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804), than sign of conspecifics. We raised juvenile A. vulgare in either high- or low-quality habitats and then observed how the presence of conspecific sign influenced their preference for each of these habitats. When conspecific sign was absent, juveniles preferred high-quality habitat, regardless of their natal habitat. When the low-quality habitat was treated with conspecific sign, juveniles born on low-quality habitat continued to prefer the high-quality habitat, but juveniles raised on high-quality habitat displayed no preference. This suggests juvenile isopods respond to these cues hierarchically: they first search for habitats higher in quality than their natal habitat and then cue into conspecific sign when the preferred habitat is unavailable.
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Huang, Yen-Hua, Hendrina Joel, Martina Küsters, Zoe R. Barandongo, Claudine C. Cloete, Axel Hartmann, Pauline L. Kamath, et al. "Disease or drought: environmental fluctuations release zebra from a potential pathogen-triggered ecological trap." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, no. 1952 (June 2, 2021): 20210582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0582.

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When a transmission hotspot for an environmentally persistent pathogen establishes in otherwise high-quality habitat, the disease may exert a strong impact on a host population. However, fluctuating environmental conditions lead to heterogeneity in habitat quality and animal habitat preference, which may interrupt the overlap between selected and risky habitats. We evaluated spatio-temporal patterns in anthrax mortalities in a plains zebra ( Equus quagga ) population in Etosha National Park, Namibia, incorporating remote-sensing and host telemetry data. A higher proportion of anthrax mortalities of herbivores was detected in open habitats than in other habitat types. Resource selection functions showed that the zebra population shifted habitat selection in response to changes in rainfall and vegetation productivity. Average to high rainfall years supported larger anthrax outbreaks, with animals congregating in preferred open habitats, while a severe drought forced animals into otherwise less preferred habitats, leading to few anthrax mortalities. Thus, the timing of anthrax outbreaks was congruent with preference for open plains habitats and a corresponding increase in pathogen exposure. Given shifts in habitat preference, the overlap in high-quality habitat and high-risk habitat is intermittent, reducing the adverse consequences for the population.
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Mao, Zhihui, Fang Ding, Lilai Yuan, Yan Zhang, Zhaohui Ni, Yingren Li, Lin Wang, and Yunfeng Li. "The Classification of Riparian Habitats and Assessment of Fish-Spawning Habitat Suitability: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China." Sustainability 15, no. 17 (August 23, 2023): 12773. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151712773.

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After the completion of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), there was a significant and drastic transformation of the original river habitat. These changes led to the loss of the original fish habitat and the emergence of a new habitat. To effectively classify and assess fish-spawning habitats in the TGR, a novel coastal complexity index (CCI) was developed. The CCI was formulated utilizing satellite remote sensing data and considering the river coastal line and river centerline on the river-reach scale. By integrating the CCI with river morphology, five river habitats were identified: the backwater bay, point bar, straight river channel, convex-bank point bar, and concave-bank deep pool. In order to evaluate the suitability of these habitats for sticky-egg-spawning fish, a single-factor habitat suitability curve was constructed using three key habitat factors: the CCI, slope, and vegetation coverage. This process involved the employment of two distinct methods: the habitat utilization method and the habitat preference method. The former only considered the survey data of spawning grounds, while the latter integrated the overall distribution of habitats in the TGR. Subsequently, a habitat suitability index (HSI) was established to assess the overall suitability of the identified habitats for sticky-egg-spawning fish. The results demonstrated a high classification accuracy, with the backwater bay representing the most prevalent habitat type, accounting for 43.31% of the total habitat types. When considering slope and vegetation coverage, the optimal ranges obtained through the two habitat suitability analysis methods were similar. However, for the CCI, there were variations in the optimal ranges obtained using the two methods. The habitat utilization method indicated an optimal interval of 2–4, while the habitat preference method provided an optimal interval of 4–8. Nonetheless, the assessment results for the spawning habitats’ suitability using both methods yielded essentially identical outcomes. Specifically, the backwater bay, convex-bank point bar, and concave-bank deep pool habitats exhibited higher suitability for spawning than point bar and straight river channel habitats. Further analysis revealed that approximately 75% of the 230 identified backwater bays were categorized as high-quality or higher-quality spawning habitats. In the time since this research was conducted, its findings have served as a theoretical foundation for the protection of aquatic biological resources and habitats.
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Stevens, Tim, and n/a. "Mapping Benthic Habitats for Representation in Marine Protected Areas." Griffith University. School of Environmental and Applied Science, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040303.124815.

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Virtually all marine conservation planning and management models in place or proposed have in common the need for improved scientific rigour in identifying and characterising the marine habitats encompassed. An emerging central theme in the last few years has been the concept of representativeness, or representative systems of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The habitat classification and mapping needed to incorporate considerations of representativeness into MPA planning must logically be carried out at the same scale at which management occurs. Management of highly protected areas occurs almost exclusively at local scales or finer, independent of the reservation model or philosophy employed. Moreton Bay, on Australia’s east coast, was selected for studies at the local scale to map and classify macrobenthic habitats. In a site scale (1 km) trial for the major habitat classification study, remote underwater videography was used to map and characterise an unusual assemblage of epibenthic invertebrates on soft sediments. The assemblage included congregations of the comatulid crinoid Zygometra cf. Z. microdiscus (Bell) at densities up to 0.88 individuals.m-2, comparable to those found in coral reef habitats. There was no correlation between the distribution of this species and commonly used abiotic surrogates depth (6 – 18 m), sediment composition and residual current. This site scale trial is the first quantitative assessment of crinoid density and distribution in shallow water soft-sediment environments. The high densities found are significant in terms of the generally accepted picture of shallow-water crinoids as essentially reefal fauna. The findings highlight the conservation benefits of an inclusive approach to marine habitat survey and mapping. Assemblages such as the one described, although they may be of scientific and ecological significance, would have been overlooked by common approaches to marine conservation planning which emphasise highly productive or aesthetically appealing habitats. Most habitat mapping studies rely solely or in part on abiotic surrogates for patterns of biodiversity. The utility of abiotic variables in predicting biological distributions at the local scale (10 km) was tested. Habitat classifications of the same set of 41 sites based on 6 abiotic variables and abundances of 89 taxa and bioturbation indicators were compared using correlation, regression and ordination analyses. The concepts of false homogeneity and false heterogeneity were defined to describe types of errors associated with using abiotic surrogates to construct habitat maps. The best prediction by abiotic surrogates explained less than 30% of the pattern of biological similarity. Errors of false homogeneity were between 20 and 62%, depending on the methods of estimation. Predictive capability of abiotic surrogates at the taxon level was poor, with only 6% of taxon / surrogate correlations significant. These results have implications for the widespread use of abiotic surrogates in marine habitat mapping to plan for, or assess, representation in Marine Protected Areas. Abiotic factors did not discriminate sufficiently between different soft bottom communities to be a reliable basis for mapping. Habitat mapping for the design of Marine Protected Areas is critically affected by the scale of the source information. The relationship between biological similarity of macrobenthos and the distance between sites was investigated at both site and local scales, and for separate biotic groups. There was a significant negative correlation between similarity and distance, in that sites further apart were less similar than sites close together. The relationship, although significant, was quite weak at the site scale. Rank correlograms showed that similarity was high at scales of 10 km or less, and declined markedly with increasing distance. There was evidence of patchiness in the distributions of some biotic groups, especially seagrass and anthozoans, at scales less than 16 km. In other biotic groups there was an essentially monotonic decline in similarity with distance. The spatial agglomeration approach to habitat mapping was valid in the study area. Site spacing of less than 10 km was necessary to capture important components of biological similarity. Site spacing of less than 2.5 km did not appear to be warranted. Macrobenthic habitat types were classified and mapped at 78 sites spaced 5 km apart. The area mapped was about 2,400 km2 and extended from estuarine shallow subtidal waters to offshore areas to the 50 m isobath. Nine habitat types were recognised, with only one on hard substrate. The habitat mapping characterised several habitat types not previously described in the area and located deepwater algal and soft coral reefs not previously reported. Seagrass beds were encountered in several locations where their occurrence was either unknown or had not previously been quantified. The representation of the derived habitat types within an existing marine protected area was assessed. Only two habitat types were represented in highly protected zones, with less than 3% of each included The study represents the most spatially comprehensive survey of epibenthos undertaken in Moreton Bay, with over 40,000 m2 surveyed. Derived habitat maps provide a robust basis for inclusion of representative examples of all habitat types in marine protected area planning in and adjacent to Moreton Bay. The utility of video data to conduct a low-cost habitat survey over a comparatively large area was also demonstrated. The method used has potentially wide application for the survey and design of marine protected areas.
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Stevens, Tim. "Mapping Benthic Habitats for Representation in Marine Protected Areas." Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367557.

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Virtually all marine conservation planning and management models in place or proposed have in common the need for improved scientific rigour in identifying and characterising the marine habitats encompassed. An emerging central theme in the last few years has been the concept of representativeness, or representative systems of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The habitat classification and mapping needed to incorporate considerations of representativeness into MPA planning must logically be carried out at the same scale at which management occurs. Management of highly protected areas occurs almost exclusively at local scales or finer, independent of the reservation model or philosophy employed. Moreton Bay, on Australia’s east coast, was selected for studies at the local scale to map and classify macrobenthic habitats. In a site scale (1 km) trial for the major habitat classification study, remote underwater videography was used to map and characterise an unusual assemblage of epibenthic invertebrates on soft sediments. The assemblage included congregations of the comatulid crinoid Zygometra cf. Z. microdiscus (Bell) at densities up to 0.88 individuals.m-2, comparable to those found in coral reef habitats. There was no correlation between the distribution of this species and commonly used abiotic surrogates depth (6 – 18 m), sediment composition and residual current. This site scale trial is the first quantitative assessment of crinoid density and distribution in shallow water soft-sediment environments. The high densities found are significant in terms of the generally accepted picture of shallow-water crinoids as essentially reefal fauna. The findings highlight the conservation benefits of an inclusive approach to marine habitat survey and mapping. Assemblages such as the one described, although they may be of scientific and ecological significance, would have been overlooked by common approaches to marine conservation planning which emphasise highly productive or aesthetically appealing habitats. Most habitat mapping studies rely solely or in part on abiotic surrogates for patterns of biodiversity. The utility of abiotic variables in predicting biological distributions at the local scale (10 km) was tested. Habitat classifications of the same set of 41 sites based on 6 abiotic variables and abundances of 89 taxa and bioturbation indicators were compared using correlation, regression and ordination analyses. The concepts of false homogeneity and false heterogeneity were defined to describe types of errors associated with using abiotic surrogates to construct habitat maps. The best prediction by abiotic surrogates explained less than 30% of the pattern of biological similarity. Errors of false homogeneity were between 20 and 62%, depending on the methods of estimation. Predictive capability of abiotic surrogates at the taxon level was poor, with only 6% of taxon / surrogate correlations significant. These results have implications for the widespread use of abiotic surrogates in marine habitat mapping to plan for, or assess, representation in Marine Protected Areas. Abiotic factors did not discriminate sufficiently between different soft bottom communities to be a reliable basis for mapping. Habitat mapping for the design of Marine Protected Areas is critically affected by the scale of the source information. The relationship between biological similarity of macrobenthos and the distance between sites was investigated at both site and local scales, and for separate biotic groups. There was a significant negative correlation between similarity and distance, in that sites further apart were less similar than sites close together. The relationship, although significant, was quite weak at the site scale. Rank correlograms showed that similarity was high at scales of 10 km or less, and declined markedly with increasing distance. There was evidence of patchiness in the distributions of some biotic groups, especially seagrass and anthozoans, at scales less than 16 km. In other biotic groups there was an essentially monotonic decline in similarity with distance. The spatial agglomeration approach to habitat mapping was valid in the study area. Site spacing of less than 10 km was necessary to capture important components of biological similarity. Site spacing of less than 2.5 km did not appear to be warranted. Macrobenthic habitat types were classified and mapped at 78 sites spaced 5 km apart. The area mapped was about 2,400 km2 and extended from estuarine shallow subtidal waters to offshore areas to the 50 m isobath. Nine habitat types were recognised, with only one on hard substrate. The habitat mapping characterised several habitat types not previously described in the area and located deepwater algal and soft coral reefs not previously reported. Seagrass beds were encountered in several locations where their occurrence was either unknown or had not previously been quantified. The representation of the derived habitat types within an existing marine protected area was assessed. Only two habitat types were represented in highly protected zones, with less than 3% of each included The study represents the most spatially comprehensive survey of epibenthos undertaken in Moreton Bay, with over 40,000 m2 surveyed. Derived habitat maps provide a robust basis for inclusion of representative examples of all habitat types in marine protected area planning in and adjacent to Moreton Bay. The utility of video data to conduct a low-cost habitat survey over a comparatively large area was also demonstrated. The method used has potentially wide application for the survey and design of marine protected areas.
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Lenz, David. "Humane habitat." This title; PDF viewer required. Home page for entire collection, 2010. http://archives.udmercy.edu:8080/dspace/handle/10429/9.

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Haugen, Magnus. "ART HABITAT." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for arkitektur og billedkunst, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13885.

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Wawrentowicz, AGNIESZKA. "Collective habitat." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231992.

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Navarrete, Pablo. "Habitat 3E." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2006. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/100815.

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Baker, Adam William John. "Natural Habitat." Thesis, Baker, Adam William John (2007) Natural Habitat. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/2949/.

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The research herein relates to the development and ideology behind the creative piece Natural Habitat, and is concerned with exploring effective narrative techniques. The goal of this research is to provide a methodology towards creating effective narrative in the medium of hypertext by developing a better understanding of how narrative functions. The research explores the social and cognitive elements of narrative, and the manner in which structure impacts the understanding and development of narrative. The genre boundaries of medium and content are explored to gain an understanding of reader preference and expectation. The concept of reader expectation is then applied to multiform narrative in order to understand its functionality, before the question of effective combination of these elements is raised in regards to the medium of hypertext. This methodology is then implemented in the piece Natural Habitat, testing the merit of this approach in the resulting work of fiction. Natural Habitat is a story describing the journey four friends make through the Amazon jungle after surviving a plane crash. Isolated and in a hostile environment, the four survivors find themselves slipping into surreal worlds that seem futuristic, fantastic, horrific, and tinged with noir. Some begin to question their sanity, while others adapt to their environs readily, but each faces their darker side as the fears in their minds begin to play out on the landscape around them. Fighting to survive, their only chance is to find each other and to conquer their inner demons. The story is both the exploration and implementation of the arguments of the thesis, with the research guiding the construction of the story from planning, through initial writings and up to the final presentation. Natural Habitat itself is presented as a traditional novel and a piece of hypertext, facilitating comparative analysis between the two mediums.
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Diamond, Nicola. "The body habitat." Thesis, University of Kent, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.257660.

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Carrega, Pierre. "Topoclimatologie et habitat." Nice, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992NICE2021.

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Le projet de cette thèse est l'étude d'éléments du climat importants pour l'habitat humain, à l'échelle topoclimatique (quelques mètres à quelques kilomètres) en insistant sur le rôle du site (relief surtout). La démarche est surtout indictive et, s'appuyant sur différentes techniques de recueil des données ensuite soumises à traitements statistiques multivariés, elle débouche sur des applications opérationnelles dans trois directions : - Étude de la répartition spatiale des températures en milieu rural, ainsi que des mécanismes radiatifs et advectifs qui la contrôlent, en pays de plateaux, la Lorraine, et en relief contraste, les Alpes-Maritimes, donnant lieu à une méthode automatique d'interpolation spatiale de la température et des degrés-jours. - Étude de l'effet de l'habitat groupe sur la température, l'humidité et l'écoulement de l'air (îlot de chaleur urbain) dans une petite ville, Vence, et surtout dans une grande ville, Nice. - Étude d'un risque sous contrôle climatique, grave pour l'habitat rural et péri-urbain en région méditerranéenne : le risque d'incendie de forêt, quantifié par des indices de risque, et utilisé par les services de secours des Alpes-Maritimes
This thesis is aimed at studying specific climatic elements of vital importance to human settlement, on a topoclimatic space scale -from a few meters only to a few kilometers- considering the setting of the place (relief). Most of the method is inductive, with different techniques of data collection which are then treated with statistical multivaried analysis, and it results in operational implements in three direction : - The studyof the space layout of temperatures in a rural environment, as well as of the radiative and advective mechanisms controlling the layout. The field of studies is low lands of plateaux, the Lorraine, and a highly contrasted area, the alpes-maritimes, and it results in a spatial interpolation method of temperature. - A research work in the effects of human settlements -grouped in townson temperature, air humidity, airflow (irban heat island) in a small twon, Vence, and a large town, Nice. - A study of a climate-bound hazard, serious in rural and peri-urban settlement in mediterranean region - the forest-fire hazard, quantified by risk indices values, which are used the Alpes-Maritimes rescue department
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Ashworth, Emily Claire. "Shelter to Habitat." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104213.

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South of the Anacostia River in Washington DC, the Oxon Run park runs through the Washington Highlands and Congress Heights neighborhoods. Though these neighborhoods sit within Ward 8 of DC, which is has the lowest education levels and household incomes, Oxon Run park acts as a lively community magnet, sitting adjacent to the metro station, a vibrant community center, the public pool and multiple schools. One resource that is lacking in Ward 8, similarly to under served communities around the country, is animal care. Pets For Life, an organization that attempts to address this inequity, states "...there are animal resource deserts—entire neighborhoods with no veterinarians, no pet supply stores, no groomers, and no animal welfare infrastructure. When there are no veterinarians in a community, standard wellness care is not the norm—and familiarity, experience, and knowledge concerning common pet health concerns do not exist" 1 This thesis design, Shelter to Habitat, attempts to provide a place for dog care, sheltering, homing and education to a community that needs it. It pushes the definition of sheltering and provides dogs with a space scaled and intentionally designed for their mental and physical health. The design prioritizes light, materiality and airflow to create a space that responds to the life of a dog. It addresses the needs of the community and integrates into the fabric of the neighborhood. The design creates an adaptive building that adjusts to the scale of the dog, while providing a public and private face that addresses the various needs of the community. In this proposed dog shelter design, the 1st floor, which faces the Oxon Run park, acts as the public face of the building. This space houses adoptable dogs, volunteer work spaces, training rooms, and community classrooms. This floor fluctuates the interior-exterior experience by providing a variety of ways to inhabit the spaces. In the main boarding space, the building design scales to the dog, the main user of the space. There are indoor-outdoor runs that penetrate an interior courtyard with wide 12' corridors that circulate the space. The undulation of this boarding space limits the dogs direct views of other dogs in the space, which helps enhance their sense of safety and security. Contrastingly, the 2nd floor acts as a private face of the building, connecting with the 1st floor through a central atrium. On the second floor , medical, quarantine, and short term boarding spaces provide services to the community for lost, sick or rehomed dogs. Together, this public-private, indoor-outdoor design nestles itself into the site and provides a safe, healthy, lively place for both the dogs and the community. Footnotes 1 "Pets for Life Tools and Guides," HumanePro, https://humanepro.org/pets-for-life/tools-and-guides
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South of the Anacostia River in Washington DC, the Oxon Run park runs through the Washington Highlands and Congress Heights neighborhoods. Though these neighborhoods sit within Ward 8 of DC, which is has the lowest education levels and household incomes, Oxon Run park acts as a lively community magnet, sitting adjacent to the metro station, a vibrant community center, the public pool and multiple schools. This thesis design, Shelter to Habitat, attempts to provide a place for dog care, sheltering, homing and education to a community that needs it. It pushes the definition of sheltering and provides dogs with a space scaled and intentionally designed for their mental and physical health. The design prioritizes light, materiality and airflow to create a space that responds to the life of a dog. It addresses the needs of the community and integrates into the fabric of the neighborhood. The design creates an adaptive building that adjusts to the scale of the dog, while providing a public and private face that addresses the various needs of the community. These intentionally designed connection spaces become a very important part of the building design proposal. There a 3 unique scenarios that need to be considers and designed for when it comes to animal shelter. The first is proving shelter that is scaled to the size of the dog. Juxtaposed to this is hallways and lobbies that are scaled for the overlapping and interacting area of dogs and humans. Finally there are admin and community spaces that are scaled just for the human. These 3 defining scenarios led the design to a dynamic, flexible building that serves a variety of needs.
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Thompson, Judith. Habitat. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2002.

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Thompson, Judith. Habitat. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2006.

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Sue, Wheeler. Habitat. London, Ont: Brick Books, 2005.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ed. Habitat. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1995.

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Berrocal, Beatriz. Habitat. [Puerto Rico?]: Ediciones Mairena, 1993.

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Bell, Susan S., Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky, eds. Habitat Structure. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3076-9.

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Limited, Habitat Designs. Habitat catalogue. Wallingford: Habitat, 1992.

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Ltd, Habitat UK. Habitat [catalogue]. London: Habitat UK Ltd, 1994.

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Limited, Habitat Designs. Habitat catalogue. Wallingford, Oxon: Habitat, 1986.

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Limited, Habitat Designs, ed. Habitat catalogue. London: Habitat UK Ltd, 1991.

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Pireddu, Nicoletta. "Habitat and Habitus." In The Works of Claudio Magris, 102–22. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137488046_6.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Hütte und Lager – Die Umsiedlung einer Welt." In Habitat und Habitus, 27–123. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_2.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Haus und Dorf – Innenleben und Außenleben des Habitats." In Habitat und Habitus, 125–61. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_3.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Zur Einführung." In Habitat und Habitus, 1–26. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_1.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Wohnung und Stadt – Eine erzwungene Moderne." In Habitat und Habitus, 163–207. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_4.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Zeugnisse ethnografischer Forschungspraxis." In Habitat und Habitus, 229–50. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_6.

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Schultheis, Franz, Stephan Egger, and Charlotte Hüser. "Exkurs – Zurück im Béarn." In Habitat und Habitus, 209–28. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38370-1_5.

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Capinera, John L., Thomas O. Crist, John B. Heppner, Minos E. Tzanakakis, Severiano F. Gayubo, Aurélien Tartar, Pauline O. Lawrence, et al. "Habitat." In Encyclopedia of Entomology, 1761. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_1232.

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Gomez, Felipe. "Habitat." In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, 1. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_687-2.

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Gomez, Felipe. "Habitat." In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, 1062–63. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44185-5_687.

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Conference papers on the topic "Habitat"

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Navarro, Francisco J., Elena Navarro, and Francisco Montero. "HABITAT." In the 13th International Conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2379636.2379641.

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Beinarovica, Karina, and Inga Straupe. "BROAD-LEAF FOREST HABITAT SUITABILITY FOR WOODPECKERS AND EVALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, LATVIA." In 23rd SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2023. STEF92 Technology, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2023/3.1/s14.38.

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It is well known that woodpeckers and their distribution is mostly affected by deadwood. However, in Latvia there have not been any studies about how other forest structural components like growing trees and vegetation can affect distribution of woodpeckers and their choice of habitats. In recent years estimation of ecosystem services has become popular in Latvia and it is used in nature conservation matters. The aim of the research was to analyse structures characterizing the habitats of broadleaf forests and identify for which woodpecker species broad-leaf forests are suitable habitat. An assessment of ecosystem services has also been applied to determine value of woodpeckers and their habitats. The amount of dead wood in the habitat is on average 71.2 m3 ha-1, of which majority or 87% is made by logs, while the smaller par tor 13% - by snags. It is possible to determine suitability of the habitat for various woodpecker species by analysing different structures that characterizes habitats � they are suitable for almost all species of woodpeckers. The study also shows that residents of Jelgava municipality would be willing to pay 11.00 EUR a year from a person to protect woodpecker species and to conserve their habitats.
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Howard, Robert L. "Notional Habitat Science Outfitting for a Lunar Surface Habitat or Mars Transit Habitat." In ASCEND 2021. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-4021.

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Marty, Paul F., Ian Douglas, Sherry A. Southerland, Victor Sampson, Nicole D. Alemanne, Amanda Clark, Anne Mendenhall, Aldo de la Paz, and Casey Yu. "Habitat tracker." In the 2012 iConference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2132176.2132288.

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"Sustainable habitat." In The 10th EAAE/ARCC International Conference. Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742: CRC Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315226255-29.

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Ginosar, Rony, Hila Kloper, and Amit Zoran. "PARAMETRIC HABITAT." In DIS '18: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2018. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3196709.3196813.

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Schwartz, Anne, Clara Sorensen, and Eni Mustafaraj. "HABITAT EXPLORER." In ISS '16: 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2992154.2996788.

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Weskamp, Marcos. "Habitat Perspectives." In ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Art gallery. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1185884.1185984.

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Cerpa, Alberto, Jeremy Elson, Michael Hamilton, Jerry Zhao, Deborah Estrin, and Lewis Girod. "Habitat monitoring." In Workshop. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/371626.371720.

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Jakubec, Pavel, Santiago Montoya-Molina, Jarin Qubaiova, Martin Novak, and Martina Vetrovska. "BIOTOPE PREFERENCES OF OICEOPTOMA THORACICUM (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE)." In 22nd SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2022. STEF92 Technology, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2022/5.1/s20.011.

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Biotope or habitat preferences are important species characteristics that can be used for understanding their ecology, as well as their conservation, and even as a tool for crime investigations for detection of post-mortem body manipulation. However, the characterization of species� habitat preferences can be difficult. There are several limiting factors like lack of quantitative data and reliance on anecdotal evidence for this trait. Further, we must consider the reaction to the border between two neighboring habitats. These ecotones are important biodiversity hotspots in the landscape, which combine characteristics of both habitats, but some specialist species seem to avoid them. To characterize habitat preference of the potentially forensically important necrophagous beetle Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758), we set up an experiment in the transition zone between the meadow and forest habitat. The individuals of O. thoracicum were collected using baited pitfall traps across two habitats and at ecotone. The traps were exposed for two weeks after which the samples were taken to the laboratory, where they were sorted and the specimens of O. thoracicum were sexed and counted. The obtained data were evaluated by a generalized linear model to establish the relationship between the presence and abundance of the focal species and distance from the ecotone. We found that the abundance of the species significantly changes along the forest-meadow gradient and shows a preference for woods. Its abundances at the ecotone and on meadows was low, showing a clear preference for forest habitats. This has important implications for the forensic use of the species, as it can be used to detect post-mortem body manipulation.
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Holmes, Rachael, and Jonathan Wentworth. Restoration and creation of semi-natural habitats. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.58248/pb48.

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This POSTbrief describes approaches to and challenges of restoring different semi-natural habitat types in England including native woodlands, heathlands, grasslands, wetlands, and coastal habitats. This brief complements POSTnote 678, which focuses on terrestrial habitats and their restoration for the wider habitats target in England. Terrestrial habitats are usually described as including freshwater and coastal habitat types.
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Bennett, Oliver. Freshwater habitat restoration. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, January 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.58248/pn709.

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Freshwater habitats, such as rivers and wetlands, provide major benefits to society through services such as flood risk reduction and drinking water. However, many of these habitats are in a poor condition. They have been damaged by a range of human activities including physical modification and pollution. For example, an estimated 90% of wetlands have been lost over the last century. Restoration of freshwater habitats can be achieved by addressing the causes of degradation and by enhancing or extending habitats. There is good evidence on the benefits of some forms of restoration. For example, restoration can deliver effective flood defence and restore fish populations. However, certain restoration measures are less well-studied. There are numerous national and international targets for the restoration of freshwater habitats. These include a commitment to improving at least 75% of waters to close to their natural state as soon as practicable by 2042. However, some stakeholders believe that these commitments will not be met under current plans in England. There have been calls for various actions including: increased and long-term funding to deliver larger-scale projects changes to policy and legislation to deliver more joined-up decision making and to include small water bodies and headwaters further prevention of degradation, including better enforcement of existing legislation the removal of barriers to nature-based solutions Policy in this area is devolved. For England, the UK Government published a Plan for Water in 2023 that contained new actions to help improve the condition of freshwater habitats. The Office for Environmental Protection will publish an assessment of the Government’s approach in 2024.
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Bumgarner, Joseph D. Asotin Creek Instream Habitat Alteration Projects: 1998 Habitat Evaluation Surveys. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/834379.

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Ward, Jessica A. Beaked Whale Habitat Characterization. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, May 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada422902.

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Hanley, Thomas A., Donald E. Spalinger, Kenrick J. Mock, Oran L. Weaver, and Grant M. Harris. Forage resource evaluation system for habitat—deer: an interactive deer habitat model. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-858.

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Bailey, Timothy, and Gregory Rimbach. Umatilla River Subbasin Fish Habitat Improvement Project [Umatilla Basin Habitat Improvement Project]. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5830127.

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Bumgarner, Joseph D. Asotin Creek Instream Habitat Alteration Projects : Habitat Evaluation, Adult and Juvenile Habitat Utilization and Water Temperature Monitoring : 2001 Progress Report. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/812192.

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Gambill, Daniel, Matthew Stoklosa, Sean Matus, Heidi Howard, and Garrett Feezor. White Sands Missile Range Thurgood Canyon watershed : analysis of Range Road 7 for development of best management practices and recommendations. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45622.

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Thurgood Canyon, located on White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), contains an alluvial fan that is bisected by a primary installation road and is in the proximity of sensitive fish habitats. This project was initiated to determine if and how sensitive fish habitats at the base of the fan are impacted by the existing drainage infrastructure and to assess the condition and sustainability of the existing transportation infrastructure. Findings show that the current drainage infrastructure maintains flow energy and sediment carrying capacity further down the fan than would occur in its absence. However, frequent to moderately rare (small to medium) flood events dissipate over 2 km from sensitive habitat, and overland flow and sediment do not reach the base of the fan. Controlled flow diversion is recommended upstream of the road to mitigate infrastructure or habitat impacts during very rare (very large) flood events. A comprehensive operation and management approach is presented to achieve sustainable transportation infrastructure and reduce the likelihood of impacts to the sensitive habitat.
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Negus-de Wys, Jane. Geopressured habitat: A literature review. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/896516.

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Margaret DiBenedetto, Margaret DiBenedetto. Saving Tropical Migratory Bird Habitat. Experiment, July 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.18258/2981.

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