Compare and contrast how likely the regeneration methods will be in providing habitat for your species at 20 and 100 years post-harvest. Be specific in your description of how these different regeneration methods are expected to influence stand-scale structure over time. For example, what does the forest look like 20/100 years after each silvicultural method? Are critical habitat elements present or absent for each focal species?
Describe the extent to which management actions that often accompany harvest (e.g., herbicide spraying, snag creation) will impact your focal species either positively, negatively, or with a neutral effect.
Provide an overview of the historical disturbance regime for the location you selected, and describe the extent to which the two regeneration methods emulate that natural disturbance for each focal species. Be sure to include at least two components of the historical disturbance regime.
Describe how populations of your focal species are expected to respond over time if the landscape moves from having both of the two regeneration methods in equal abundance to one dominated by even-aged management with short harvest rotations.
Given the projections of future climate change in Oregon (download the Oregon Climate Report here (Links to an external site.)), speculate about how your focal species may be impacted by an interaction between changing climate and the regeneration methods being considered. For example, would you expect climate change to amplify the effects of clearcut harvest on your species? Why or why not?
