Project ID:2006NJ102B
Title: Cranberry Agriculture as Wildlife Habitat in the Pine Barrens Wetland Ecosystem
Project Type: Research
Start Date: 03/01/2006
End Date: 02/28/2007
Congressional District: 6th
Focus Categories: Wetlands, Ecology, Water Use
Keywords: ecosystem integrity, wildlife habitat, cranberry bogs, cranberry cultivation, wetland habitat, cranberry beds, controlled flooding, ephadic features
Principal Investigators: Wen, Ai (Rutgers University); Ehrenfeld, David (None)
Federal Funds: $5,000
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $10,893
Abstract: Research will determine how the ephadic features and landscape of cranberry bogs interact with historical and current cultivation in abandoned and active bogs, to provide habitats for flora and fauna associated with cranberry production. I hypothesize that active and abandoned bogs support different bird species during winter, depending on their dominant plant coverage, and whether they are flooded or not. This hypothesis will be tested by comparing the density and foraging time of indicator species in different bogs with various conditions.
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