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Wet Meadow #1: Certain combinations of soils, <br />hydrology, location and size provide the best <br />macroinvertebrate food sources for WC <br />U <br />? <br />ca <br />? <br />crU <br />ca ? <br />-L <br />?? <br />-o <br />v <br />c (D cu N <br />U ? <br />P <br />f0 U) <br />:3 cu <br />0- N <br />cu L <br />4- cu <br />Q•C <br />.N ? <br />•L ? <br />? .? <br />-o dj <br />C <br />cv > <br />? <br />? O <br />> U <br />U ? <br />7 E <br />-o <br />O <br />^L <br />LL <br />High <br />Low <br />Examples: Wet <br />meadows at <br />Crane Meadows <br />and adjacent to <br />Rowe Sanctuary <br />;tomland <br />entral Platte <br />Scarcity of organic soils and <br />shallow water tables near river <br />Large contiguous areas of organic soils + <br />shallow water tables near river channel <br />Combinations of site soils + hydrology + location + size * <br />Platte bottomland grasslands producing the greatest abundance and diversity <br />of macroinvertebrates consumed by whooping cranes exhibit certain <br />characteristic combinations of soils, hydrology, size, and location (see charts <br />#3, #4, #5 and #6). The ideal combinations are not yet fully understood, <br />however along the central Platte habitat reach good existing examples are <br />believed to be found at Crane Meadows and adjacent to Rowe Sanctuary. <br />"NOTE: It is hypothesized that vegatation can be a good indicator of desired wet meadow conditions, but is <br />not generally a primary determinant of those conditions