A Conservation Assessment and Resource Synthesis for
The Coastal Forests and Mountains Ecoregion
in the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska
RESOURCE SYNTHESIS
These pages characterize ecological systems and processes in the region, as well as provide descriptions of the natural history, habitat associations and management implications for a suite of mammal, bird, and fish species. Secions on human ecology and industry provide background on important human values.
Chapter 5: Ecological Systems
Section 1: The southeastern Alaska rainforest in a global context (Download Size: 0.7 Mb)
Paul AlabackSection 2: Terrestrial Ecological Systems
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Richard CarstensenSection 3: Coastal Ecological Systems
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Richard CarstensenSection 4: Freshwater Ecological Systems
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Richard CarstensenSection 5: References (Download Size: 0.2 Mb)
Chapter 6:
Section 1: Sitka Black-tailed Deer
(Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis)
John Schoen and Matt Kirchhoff
(Download Size: 1.7 Mb)Section 2: Brown Bear
(Ursus arctos)
John Schoen and Scott Gende
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Section 3: Black Bear
(Ursus americanus)
John Schoen and Lily Peacock
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Section 4: Alexander Archipelago Wolf
(Canis lupus ligoni)
John Schoen and David Person
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Section 5: American Marten
(Martes americana)
John Schoen, Rod Flynn and Brian Clark
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Section 6: Northern Flying Squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus)
John Schoen, Winston Smith and Brian Clark
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Section 7: Endemic Mammals of the Alexander Archipelago
Natalie Dawson, Stephen MacDonald and Joseph Cook
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Chapter 7: Birds
Section 1: Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter gentiles)
Paul Cotter
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Section 2:Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus)
Iain J. Stenhouse
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Section 3: Marbled Murrelet
(Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Paul Cotter and Matthew Kirchhoff
(Download Size: 0.2 Mb)Section 3: Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
Paul Cotter
(Download Size: 0.6 Mb)Section 5: Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
Paul Cotter
(Download Size: 0.4 Mb)Section 6: Townsend's Warbler
(Dendroica townsend)
Paul Cotter
(Download Size: 0.2 Mb)Section 7: American Dipper
(Cinclus mexicanus)
Paul Cotter
(Download Size: 0.3 Mb)Section 8: Audubon's Watchlist
Iain J. StenhouseSection 9: Important Bird Areas
Iain J. Stenhouse
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Chapter 8: Fish
Section 1: Anadromous Fish in SE Alaska
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.2 Mb)Section 2: Pink Salmon
(Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.4 Mb)Section 3: Chum Salmon
(Oncorhynchus keta)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.3 Mb)Section 4: Coho Salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.3 Mb)Section 5: Sockeye Salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.3 Mb)Section 6: Chinook Salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Robert Armstrong and Marge HermansSection 7: Cutthroat Trout
(Oncorhynchus clarki)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.2 Mb)Section 8: Dolly Varden
(Salvelinus malma)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.4 Mb)Section 9: Eulachon
(Thaleichthys pacificus)
Robert Armstrong and Marge Hermans
(Download Size: 0.6 Mb)Section 10: Harvest, evolution and biodiversity of anadromous salmon in southeastern Alaska
Mary Willson
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Chapter 9: Human Ecology and Industry
Section 1. Subsistence use in southeastern Alaska
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.7 Mb)Section 2. Wilderness in southeastern Alaska: A history
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.1 Mb)Section 3. The value of wilderness in southeastern Alaska
Bart Kohler
(Download Size: 0.4 Mb)Section 4. An introduction to the industrial history of southeastern Alaska: A geographic perspective
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.3 Mb)Section 5: Salmon Industry
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.9 Mb)Section 6: Timber Industry
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.6 Mb)Section 7: Mining Industry
John Sisk
(Download Size: 0.4 Mb)Section 8: Tourism Industry
John Sisk
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