The Status and Abundance of the Big Cypress Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia)
Noss RF, Waterman JW, Munim D. 2006. The Status and Abundance of the Big Cypress Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. University of Central Florida, Orlando
The Big Cypress Fox Squirrel is a subspecies endemic to the South Florida Ecosystem. Since 1990 it has been listed as threatened by the Florida Fish and Wildli.fe Conservation Commission. The decline of the BCFS mirrors the decline in its preferred habitats as South Florida has been increasingly transformed by human activities. The purpose of this project is to conduct a status survey to determine the distribution, abundance, and habitat use of Big Cypress fox squirrels (BCFS). There are two main project goals: (1) Assess the distribution, abundance, and habitat use of the Big Cypress fox squirrel throughout its range in southwest Florida (2) Examine the demographic rates, home range, and dispersal patterns of fox squirrels in different habitat types to provide baseline data for a spatially-explicit population model. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use this information to evaluate the conservation status of the species and to determine whether or not it qualifies for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Noss, Reed; Waterman, Jnae; Munim, Danielle
- Date of Issue
- 2006-02-22
- Publisher
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Baseline Data, Big Cypress fox squirrels, conversation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Wildlife