Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Lake Mead National Recreation Area: December 1994
Douglas CL. 1994. Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Lake Mead National Recreation Area: December 1994. Contribution Number CPSU/UNLV 052/03. University of Nevada, Cooperative Park Studies Unit. Las Vegas, NV
Progress report on two 1-square mile study plots (Cottonwood Cove & Grapevine Canyon) to monitor movement and habitat use of the desert tortoise. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis was done with the Spatial Information System Professional Map Analysis Package (pMap). Complete ground coverage surveys were conducted from March through May, 1994. Radio telemetry equipment was attached to tortoises with which their activity was monitored.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Douglas, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1994-12
- Publisher
- University of Nevada, Cooperative Park Studies Unit
- Units
- LAKE
- Keywords
- Colorado Plateau, Cottonwood Cove Lake Mead National Recreation Area NV AZ, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise), Grapevine Canyon Lake Mead National Recreation Area NV AZ, Habitat, Inventory & Monitoring, Radio Telemetry, Study Plots