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��A <br />k� 3] Iieq_1&o�vQf:0-1596tree canopy cover; � <br />4.> patches ofscrub oaks otoptimal hoiOxu <br />3.9' to 5.6' (1.2 to 1.7 m) mjthno/ patches of mU scrub 5.6' <br /><lJ m> comprising areas larger than 1 acre (0.4 hu). <br />5J greater than 328' (100o) hvma (nmm. <br />[� <br />' [ D. EomhUah m oumnmhanoivo monitoring uroQmm, referred to he,ain on the <br />' Subuadao HCP Habitat [Nonogomuru Monitoring Program, that annually, for <br />r <br />the term of ITP, ascertains the success f the applied mechanical and fire <br />menoyamoot treatments in achieving the otumU biological objectives. Use the , <br />— ocl|ootod site-specific monitoring data, /n conunodmn with state -of -the - <br />science habitat management principles and resources to refine and improve <br />( <br />future management oo/ivnu. <br />- <br />� E. Explore the pouanho| of establishing an inter -agency partnerships with the <br />FVVG' FVVC' and/or FDEP, and/or obtaining additional hmdio0 through grants, <br />- <br />for implementation ufacomprehensive ou|omanVing and demographic study <br />-" of the study popv|nbon. This study would aemo to augment oo|odbandinS <br />and demographic studies currently being conducted in South 8mvpvj County <br />-| ,o huui||mm /umvn/y of the North Indian River Cnuoty/Ooo\k Drvvan] County <br />� mo,upopu|ahono( which the study population is upan (Bneininge/ and Ugdy <br />. 1998). The nyoomnoCnqmrmioo isperforming theSouth Brevard study with <br />. oon/,vot funds provided by the pVVS Jacksonville, Florida (8min|ngr, and <br />Oddy 1998). <br />51 Habitat Management Considerations <br />The sedentary characteristic ofFlorida oombiuyahas asignificant influence On their <br />_~ <br />large-scale population mmcmne,, and Must bouconsideration ofany habitat protection <br />measure oeMotev towards protection of this opooian (VVonhnndnn an(] Fitzpatrick <br />1981). Because moatocrub'iayn become breeders within a few hundred meters of <br />_ <br />their »u,a| territory, they onsv/" that protected patches of coi,ub/e oc,vh muhna(v <br />pass among Vonamhon, without requiring now colonization events (VVuofeodno and <br />Fitzpatrick 1984, /991). Pomiomnoo of small yvkpupu|ahnnn of onmhlava is <br />~ <br />enhanced i(located within the normal dispersal radius, 2miles u,less, of neighboring <br />ourvh-juvuubpopw|aUonn (VVov|fvndmn and Fitzpatrick 1991; Fitzpatrick o/a( 1894u). <br />Thmafnm' the cononw*Vnn and management of zmom of uuimWm acmb1ay hmUkot <br />~ <br />located between large habitat patches, mxo,,ndtoon"stepping stone" uo,ob, provide <br />vital links to scrub jay populations (Fitzpatrick *ta( 1994o). It is important that these <br />|morwminO habitat patches are managed for optimal ouwbiov habitat conditions as , <br />— <br />mortality associated with dispersal is |oQh for yo'ub1ovx moving through v/nvn <br />� <br />woodlands, v,onn ammu, and open onnou|mm| anmo (3hV` 'tp/ 1998). Cmowro of <br />_ <br />small to int*nnodiamo'xb,u *ohpo»vladvny may be the optimal configuration of Florida ' <br />scrub -jay nompqnv|aknnv mmv,u txu total area o/ oo"sr'.ud habitat is limited o/ <br />` <br />fragmented (vVoo|fand000n(i Fitzpatrick 1991). <br />73 <br />