Tutorial
To find a particular species review in FEIS, either
A. Enter the species name (scientific or common) in the FEIS search window or
B. Use the life-form menus at left to find the correct life form, then search the list of species.
The tutorial below is designed to show you the capabilities of FEIS
and illustrate several ways to find information. It will take 20-40 minutes to complete.
If you can answer these questions, you can navigate FEIS successfully.
Go to the link at the bottom of the page for the answers.
1. Look on the Home sidebar. What are the 4 main types of reviews available in FEIS?
a) ______________________________
b) ______________________________
c) ______________________________
d) ______________________________
2. Suppose you find the word "caudex" in a species
review. What does it mean? Locate the Glossary link on the System Information
sidebar and look it up: _______________________________________________________________________________
3. Suppose you need information on the Clark's nutcracker. Use the search engine on the
FEIS Home Page to find the Clark's nutcracker species review. Who wrote it?________________________ When was
this individual species review written? __________________
4. Look at the Table of Contents in the Clark's nutcracker review, where it says
"Distribution and occurrence." Click on that link. Does
the Clark's nutcracker occur in Idaho? _______________
5. In what 3 National Forests has prescribed fire been used in
improve Clark's nutcracker habitat?
(In the "Fire Effects and Use" section, use your browser's
"edit-find" command and search for "National Forest".)
_________________________
__________________________ ________________________
6. Go back to the Home Page FEIS Reviews sidebar; choose "Animal species,"
then "Reptiles" to find the desert tortoise species review. What is the
desert tortoise's federal legal status (see the "Introductory" section)?
_________________________
7. Find the bison review. Go to "Fire Case Studies" for bison. What is the location of the study?
_____________________________________________________________
What time of year was burning conducted?
_____________________________________________________________
How did the burn affect bison in the first year after fire?
_____________________________________________________________
8. From the FEIS Home Page, click on "Plant Species" and view the list of Plant Species Life
Forms (Tree, Shrub, etc.; "Graminoid" means "grasslike".) How many life forms or kinds of plants are
described in FEIS? _____________
9. How many cactus species are reviewed in FEIS? __________
10. List 1 kind of animal that eats plains prickly-pear:
________________________
11. Find the 4-species review for saltcedar and other Tamarix species.
Are they trees, shrubs, or do they occur as either trees or shrubs? (See "Life Form" or "General Botanical Characteristics") ______________________________________
12. Does saltcedar sprout after fire? _______
Who says so? List the author(s) and date for one reference cited for that fact:
_______________________________________________________________________
13. Go to the "Tree list" under "Plant Species Life Form." Can you find Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum)
there? ______________
Now, go to the "Shrub List" and find it there. Name 2 ways Rocky Mountain maple
regenerates
after fire. __________________________________
___________________________________
14. Under "Plant species" on the Home Page sidebar, click
on "Invasive plants"; then on "FEIS Invasive Plants List" to find the review for
spotted knapweed. Under the "edit" menu, use "find" or "search" to
locate every time "fire regime" is mentioned.
How many times? _______
In what section? ________________________
15. Find the review for interior ponderosa pine.
What is the scientific name of this variety? ________________________________________________
It has 3 Fire Case Studies. Where are the locations of the 3 studies?
__________________________ __________________________ _________________________
16. Use the search engine to find the species review for Elymus lanceolatus.
(Notice the search engine also found a Research Project Summary
with information on that species.) What is
one of this species' common names? _____________________________________
Is this species tolerant of fire? ______
How long after burning before it begins to increase? __________________
Who says so? List author(s) and date for one reference cited: ______________________________________________________________
17. From the sidebar, go to the "Fire Studies" menu and click on "FEIS Fire Studies
List". Select
the review that gives fire information about ponderosa pine communities
in northern Idaho. Scroll down to the 1st table under "Fire-adapted species" and name a shrub that
increased in cover after low-intensity fire compared to no fire (unburned) or high-intensity fire.
______________________________
18. Suppose you need to cite FEIS in a report. It is best to cite reviews individually. Look
in the middle of the
Home Page for an example citation. What species is shown there? ________________________ When as it published?___________
Tutorial answers
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