Habitat Management

Question 1

Types of woodland structure

Answer 1

Woodland mosaic
Age structure
Vertical structure

Question 2

What is woodland mosaic

Answer 2

Relates to composition of stages of growth and habitats in woodland
Eg 30% thicket, 60% maturing plantations

Question 3

What is age structure?

Answer 3

Appropriate age of the canopy trees, and the number of different categories.
Eg 120 year old standards

Question 4

What is vertical structure?

Answer 4

Canopy layer, shrub layer, field layer, ground layer.

Question 5

Different types of woodland

Answer 5

PAWS
Ancient woodland site
Heath
Colonised or degraded habitat
Wetland

Question 6

Things to think about lone working

Answer 6

Will you have mobile reception?
Does anybody know where you are?
Lone working system

Question 7

What types of data are there and what do they mean

Answer 7

Quantitative- analysing numerical data
Qualitative- analysing observations, interpretation

Question 8

What methods would you use to survey species distribution on the ground?

Answer 8

Line transect - place a tape measure and count along the line
Quadrat - throw quadrat randomly and count species in square

Question 9

What archeological features would show ancient woodland?

Answer 9

Saw pits, burial mounds, woodland name, indicator species, ditch and bank.