KEF
Categories for wildlife species using cavities
in snags and trees in the Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood 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) |
| 1.1.1.11 | aquatic herbivore |
| 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) |
| 1.1.2.2.1 | piscivorous (fish 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) |
| 2 | aids in physical transfer of substances for nutrient cycling (C,N,P, etc.) |
| 3.1 | controls or depresses insect population peaks |
| 3.1 | secondary cavity user |
| 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 |
| 3.4.4 | disperses insects and other invertebrates |
| 3.4.5 | disperses seeds/fruits (through ingestion or caching) |
| 3.4.6 | disperses vascular plants |
| 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 |
| 3.9 | primary cavity excavator in snags or live trees |
| 4 | carrier, transmitter, or reservoir of vertebrate diseases |
| 4.1 | diseases that affect humans |
| 5 | soil relationships |
| 5.1 | physically affects (improves) soil structure, aeration (typically by digging) |