An Ecological Reserves System Inventory: Potential Ecological Reserves on Maine's Existing Public and Private Conservation Lands
Mcmahon J. 1998. An Ecological Reserves System Inventory: Potential Ecological Reserves on Maine's Existing Public and Private Conservation Lands. The Maine State Planning Office. Rockland, ME
A report on the potential of a series of ecological reserves to protect biodiversity in Maine. The contents of the report: Scope of the Inventory; Inventory Methods; Reserve Selection and Design Methods; Results (Annotated List of Public Lands and Private Conservation Land with Potential as Ecological Reserves; The Ecosystem Matrix; Interpretation of the Results): Key Findings and Conclusions; Appendix A. Underlying Assumptions Behind this Ecological Reserve System Approach; Appendix B. Guidelines for Use and Management of Ecological Reserves; Appendix C. Geographic Variation and Representation; Appendix D. Sample Ecological Reserves Inventory Field Form;. Appendix E. Sample Site Description Data Form; Append/x F. Disqualified Sites (table); Appendix G. Acreage of Potential Reserve Sites Currently in a Comparable Form of Management (table). Acadia National Park is one of the sites included in this analysis. The information in this report is mostly summarized state- and region-wide.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mcmahon, Janet
- Date of Issue
- 1998-07
- Publisher
- The Maine State Planning Office
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Maine, Management, Preservation