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Influences of Adjacent Forest
Management Activities on Migratory Elk of Mount Rainier National
Park
Kurt J. Jenkins, Edward E. Starkey
APPENDIX I
| Appendix I. Regression equations used to predict
standing crop biomass (SCB, g DM/l m2) of herbs, grasses
and evergreen shrub species from plant cover (COV, %) in 1 m2
frames. Equations are of the form SCB = b•COV.1 |
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| Species | N | b |
S.E. | r2 |
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| Alnus rubra lvs. | 12 | 0.959 |
0.029 | 0.99 |
| Anaphalis margaritaceae | 12 | 1.685 |
0.144 | 0.93 |
| Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | 12 | 4.357 |
0.135 | 0.99 |
| Berberis nervosa | 12 | 1.756 |
0.108 | 0.96 |
| Carex spp. | 12 | 0.980 |
0.059 | 0.92 |
| Chimophila umbellata | 12 | 0.541 |
0.024 | 0.98 |
| Circium spp. | 12 | 0.892 |
0.056 | 0.96 |
| Epilobium spp. | 12 | 2.471 |
0.166 | 0.95 |
| Fragaria spp. | 12 | 0.196 |
0.021 | 0.89 |
| Galium spp. | 11 | 0.255 |
0.015 | 0.96 |
| Gaultheria shallon | 12 | 1.572 |
0.020 | 0.99 |
| Grassa | 30 | 0.87 (COV)
0.62 (HT) |
0.110
0.189 | 0.86 |
| Hypochaeris radicata | 12 | 0.861 |
0.058 | 0.95 |
| Lactuca muralis | 12 | 0.851 |
0.070 | 0.93 |
| Linnaea borealis | 12 | 0.417 |
0.012 | 0.99 |
| Lotus corniculatus | 12 | 2.223 |
0.170 | 0.94 |
| Lupinus latifolius | 12 | 1.284 |
0.060 | 0.98 |
| Lysichitum american | 12 | 0.256 |
0.018 | 0.95 |
| Montia sibirica | 12 | 0.324 |
0.019 | 0.96 |
| Oenanthe sarmentosa | 12 | 0.176 |
0.008 | 0.98 |
| Plantago spp. | 12 | 0.674 |
0.114 | 0.76 |
| Populus trichocarpa (lvs.) | 12 | 0.800 |
0.041 | 0.97 |
| Pyrola spp. | 12 | 0.535 |
0.024 | 0.98 |
| Ranunculus radicata | 12 | 0.261 |
0.008 | 0.99 |
| Stachys spp. | 12 | 0.607 |
0.027 | 0.98 |
| Taraxacum spp. | 12 | 0.789 |
0.043 | 0.97 |
| Tiarella spp. | 12 | 0.179 |
0.003 | 0.99 |
| Tolmiea menziesii | 12 | 0.411 |
0.018 | 0.98 |
| Trifolium spp. | 12 | 1.863 |
0.174 | 0.91 |
| Veronica americana | 12 | 0.614 |
0.052 | 0.93 |
| Veronica officinale | 12 | 1.945 |
0.056 | 0.99 |
| Viola spp. | 12 | 0.274 |
0.009 | 0.99 |
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aEquation for grass is of the form SCB = (b1•COV) + (b2•HEIGHT) |
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