KEF
Categories for wildlife species using down
wood 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) |
| 1.1.1.10 | flower/bud/catkin feeder |
| 1.1.1.11 | aquatic herbivore |
| 1.1.1.12 | feeds in water on decomposing benthic substrate |
| 1.1.1.13 | bark/cambium/bole feeder |
| 1.1.1.2 | spermivore (seed-eater) |
| 1.1.1.3 | browser (leaf, stem eater) |
| 1.1.1.4 | grazer (grass, forb eater) |
| 1.1.1.5 | frugivore (fruit-eater) |
| 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 |
| 1.1.2.1.2 | aquatic macroinvertebrates |
| 1.1.2.1.3 | freshwater or marine zooplankton |
| 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 |
| 1.1.6 | coprophagous (feeds on fecal material) |
| 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) |
| 3.11.2 | creates small burrows (less than rabbit-sized) |
| 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) |
| 3.16 | 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) |
| 3.5 | creates feeding, roosting, denning, or nesting opportunities for other organisms |
| 3.5.1 | creates feeding opportunities (other than direct prey relations) |
| 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 |
| 3.7.2 | ground 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 |
| 4.3 | diseases that affect other wildlife species |
| 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 |
| 7 | water relationships |
| 7.2 | creates ponds or wetlands through wallowing |
| 8 | vegetation structure and composition relationships |
| 8.1 | creates standing dead trees (snags) |
| 8.2 | herbivory on trees or shrubs that may alter vegetation structure and composition (browsers) |
| 8.3 | herbivory on grasses or forbs that may alter vegetation structure and composition (grazers) |