KEF
Categories for wildlife species using mistletoe
in the Eastside Mixed Conifer Forest, Larger Trees. Derived from the Species-Habitat
Project database of O'Neil et al. (2001).
This table, taken from the wildlife-habitat
relations database (cited above), lists all categories of KEFs collectively
among all wildlife species asssociated with the specified wood decay element
in this vegetation condition. This provides a quick overview of the wide array
of ecological roles performed by all species associated with this wood decay
element. For more detailed analyses of how to use KEF information, see Marcot
(in press).
| SHP_KEF Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | primary consumer (herbivore) (also see below under Herbivory) |
| 1.1.1.1 | foliovore (leaf-eater) |
| 1.1.1.10 | flower/bud/catkin feeder |
| 1.1.1.2 | spermivore (seed-eater) |
| 1.1.1.4 | grazer (grass, forb eater) |
| 1.1.1.5 | frugivore (fruit-eater) |
| 1.1.1.9 | fungivore (fungus feeder) |
| 1.1.2 | secondary consumer (primary predator or primary carnivore) |
| 1.1.2.1 | invertebrate eater |
| 1.1.2.1.1 | terrestrial invertebrates |
| 1.1.2.1.2 | aquatic macroinvertebrates |
| 1.1.2.2 | vertebrate eater (consumer or predator of herbivorous vertebrates) |
| 1.1.2.3 | ovivorous (egg eater) |
| 1.1.3 | tertiary consumer (secondary predator or secondary carnivore) |
| 1.1.4 | carrion feeder |
| 1.2 | prey relationships |
| 1.2.1 | prey for secondary or tertiary consumer (primary or secondary predator) |
| 3.1 | controls or depresses insect population peaks |
| 3.1 | secondary cavity user |
| 3.12 | uses burrows dug by other species (secondary burrow user) |
| 3.14 | uses runways created by other species) |
| 3.16 | interspecific hybridization |
| 3.2 | controls terrestrial vertebrate populations (through predation or displacement) |
| 3.4 | transportation of viable seeds, spores, plants or animals |
| 3.4.1 | disperses fungi |
| 3.4.2 | disperses lichens |
| 3.4.5 | disperses seeds/fruits (through ingestion or caching) |
| 3.6 | primary creation of structures (possibly used by other organisms) |
| 3.6.1 | aerial structures |
| 3.6.2 | ground structures |
| 3.7 | user of structures created by other species |
| 3.7.1 | aerial structures |
| 3.7.3 | aquatic structures |
| 5 | soil relationships |
| 5.1 | physically affects (improves) soil structure, aeration (typically by digging) |