KEF
Categories for wildlife species using dead
parts of live 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) |
| 1.1.1.13 | bark/cambium/bole feeder |
| 1.1.1.2 | spermivore (seed-eater) |
| 1.1.1.4 | grazer (grass, forb eater) |
| 1.1.1.5 | frugivore (fruit-eater) |
| 1.1.1.6 | sap feeder |
| 1.1.1.7 | root feeders |
| 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 |
| 1.1.2.2 | vertebrate eater (consumer or predator of herbivorous vertebrates) |
| 1.1.2.2.1 | piscivorous (fish eater) |
| 1.1.2.3 | ovivorous (egg eater) |
| 1.1.3 | tertiary consumer (secondary predator or secondary carnivore) |
| 1.1.4 | carrion feeder |
| 1.1.5 | cannibalistic |
| 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 |
| 3.11 | primary burrow excavator (fossorial or underground burrows) |
| 3.11.1 | creates large burrows (rabbit-sized or larger) |
| 3.12 | uses burrows dug by other species (secondary burrow user) |
| 3.13 | creates runways (possibly used by other species) |
| 3.14 | uses runways created by other species) |
| 3.15 | pirates food from 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 |
| 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) |
| 6 | wood structure relationships (either living or dead wood) |
| 6.1 | physically fragments down wood |
| 6.2 | physically fragments standing wood |
| 8 | vegetation structure and composition relationships |
| 8.1 | creates standing dead trees (snags) |