Effects of Rain on Palm Springs Ground Squirrel Occupancy in the Sonoran Desert
| Autor: | Paul F. Doherty, Stacey D. Ostermann-Kelm, Matthew W. McDonald, Lianne C. Ball |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Ecology
Occupancy biology Spermophilus Conservation Plan Habitat Conservation Plan Vegetation biology.organism_classification Habitat General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Ground squirrel Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation General Environmental Science Wildlife conservation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Management. 74:954-962 |
| ISSN: | 1937-2817 0022-541X |
| DOI: | 10.2193/2008-568 |
| Popis: | Long-term monitoring programs must use informative yet cost-effective methods. Occupancy estimates that incorporate detection probabilities are used with increasing frequency to describe species status and make management recommendations. Estimating changes in the occupancy of points over time in response to management actions or environmental changes may be especially useful for management of the Palm Springs round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus chlorus), a subspecies covered under the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan. In 2002 and 2003, we estimated occupancy and detection probability of ground squirrels across lands modeled as ground squirrel habitat by the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Habitat Conservation Plan and tested a priori hypotheses about how occupancy varied among vegetation and substrate types. In the 2003 study, we asked whether these associations were affected by winter rains after the 20... |
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