Using a Bayesian network to understand the importance of coastal storms and undeveloped landscapes for the creation and maintenance of early successional habitat
Fig 7
Examples of habitat change before Hurricane Sandy, immediately following Sandy, and ca. 2 years post-Sandy in the Holgate Unit of the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
Maps (a)-(c) show habitat in the year corresponding with the aerial imagery used for analysis, with piping plover nest points corresponding to the breeding season for which habitat was available1. Map (d) shows changes in habitat that ostensibly resulted from Hurricane Sandy, while map (e) shows changes in habitat since the hurricane occurred2. 1Nest points contributed by [67]. 2See footnotes accompanying Fig 4.