Identification_Information:
	Citation:
		Citation_Information:
			Originator: Miller, Jeffrey C.
			Publication_Date: 2001
			Title: Moths in regeneration stands of Douglas-fir in western Oregon. Final Report
			Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Thesis
			Publication_Information:
				Publication_Place: Corvallis, OR
				Publisher: Oregon State University
			Other_Citation_Details:
				Science Information System Project #: 7013
				Publication Control #: 1049
	Description:
		Abstract: The Northwest Forest Plan requires that federal land managers monitor the effectiveness of their management actions. However, little work has been done in the Pacific Northwest to document how biodiversity and trophic relationships vary between young (thinned and unthinned) and old forest stands. One portion of a recently completed USGS funded project emphasized the impact of different ecological situations (e.g., vegetation type, disturbance, stage of succession) and forest management practices (e.g., thinning, burning, grazing, pesticides) on the biodiversity of moths. A USGS partner at Oregon State University, Jeffrey Miller, used ultraviolet blacklight traps to assess effects of forest management on communities of moths. In the dynamics of forested ecosystems, moths play a critical role by functioning as defoliators, decomposers, prey or hosts to carnivores, and pollinators.  The results identified six moth species as indicators of old growth forests, six moth species as indicators of clearcut treatments, and two moth species as indicators of thinned treatments.  In addition, it was concluded that flowering trees and shrubs provide a large majority of the required caterpillar host plants that make up the overall moth diversity in all the forest types studied.
		Purpose: Reporting research results
		Supplemental_Information:
			Extent of item: 55pp
			Illustrative Matter:  tables, graphs, maps
	Time_Period_of_Content:
		Time_Period_Information:
			Single_Date/Time:
				Calendar_Date: 2001
		Currentness_Reference: publication date
	Status:
		Progress: Complete
		Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
	Spatial_Domain:
		Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Western Oregon
		Bounding_Coordinates:
			West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125
			East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121
			North_Bounding_Coordinate: 46
			South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42
	Keywords:
		Theme:
			Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Science Information System Controlled Vocabulary
			Theme_Keyword: Ecosystem Science
			Theme_Keyword: Forests
			Theme_Keyword: Harvest Management
			Theme_Keyword: Human Impacts
			Theme_Keyword: Inventory
			Theme_Keyword: Pacific Northwest Forest Plan
			Theme_Keyword: Plants
		Theme:
			Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
			Theme_Keyword: regeneration
			Theme_Keyword: Douglas-fir
		Place:
			Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
			Place_Keyword: Oregon
			Place_Keyword: Coast Range
	Taxonomy:
		Keywords/Taxon:
			Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
			Taxonomic_Keywords: moths
			Taxonomic_Keywords: insects
		Taxonomic_Classification:
			Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
			Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
			Taxonomic_Classification:
				Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
				Taxon_Rank_Value: Arthropoda
				Taxonomic_Classification:
					Taxon_Rank_Name: Sub Phylum
					Taxon_Rank_Value: Hexapoda
					Taxonomic_Classification:
						Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
						Taxon_Rank_Value: Insecta
						Taxonomic_Classification:
							Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
							Taxon_Rank_Value: Lepidoptera
	Access_Constraints: None
	Use_Constraints: None
	Point_of_Contact:
		Contact_Information:
			Contact_Person_Primary:
				Contact_Person: Starkey, Ed
				Contact_Organization: USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
			Contact_Address:
				Address_Type: mailing and physical address
				Address: 3200 SW Jefferson way
				City: Corvallis
				State_or_Province: OR
				Postal_Code: 97331
			Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541/750/7397
			Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ed_starkey@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
	Metadata_Date: 20011121
	Metadata_Review_Date: 20011128
	Metadata_Contact:
		Contact_Information:
			Contact_Organization_Primary:
				Contact_Organization: Olendorff Library
			Contact_Position: Librarian
			Contact_Address:
				Address_Type: mailing and physical address
				Address:
					USGS FRESC Snake River Field Station
					970 Lusk Street
				City: Boise
				State_or_Province: ID
				Postal_Code: 83706
				Country: USA
			Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208 426-5218
			Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208 426-5210
	Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
	Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999