Prince of Wales northern flying squirrel

Modeling population responses of the endemic Prince of Wales northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus griseifrons) to varying levels of habitat fragmentation.

The island habitat endemic Prince of Wales northern flying squirrel is a mosaic of old-growth, young-growth, and clearcut habitat. Previous research indicates that managed stands (young-growth and clearcuts) are energetically expensive for squirrels to cross, lack preferred food items, require increased travel time compared to old growth, and may have increased risks to predation for dispersing squirrels. Using s spatially explicit individual-based model and 10+ years of recent data, we are modeling long term persistence of this species using the current harvest configuration and under an increasingly harvested landscape.