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Species life-cycle analysis

Planning diagnostics

A planning analysis that identifies the life-cycle stages at which a species uses or depends upon a landscape and, for each relevant stage, identifies the biotic, abiotic, and structural needs that must be satisfied. Those needs are then translated into spatial and management requirements and compared with existing landscape conditions. The analysis prevents observations of a species, or suitable conditions for one stage of its life cycle, from being treated as evidence that the landscape supports other stages or the species as a whole.

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