The Effect of Campgrounds on Small Mammals in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah: Final Report
Clevenger GA and Workman GW. 1977. The Effect of Campgrounds on Small Mammals in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah: Final Report. Project No. UNWR-013-2. Utah State University, Department of Wildlife Science. Logan, UT
This 1977 final report documents the effects of campgrounds on small mammal populations in Squaw Flat and Devil's Garden campgrounds and similar control areas of Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah. Objectives of this study were to determine human impact on small mammal populations; identify species captured/observed, trapping success, food habits, and predation environmental variables. Live trapping occurred from April to November, 1975. Species captured included Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii), antelope ground squirrels (Ammospermophilus leucurus), deer mice (Peromyscus spp.), woodrats (Neotoma spp.), Colorado chipmunks (Eutamias quadrivittatus), and desert cottontails (Sylvilagus audubonii). Campground and non-campground captures were compared. Data are presented in numerous tables and graphs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Clevenger, Gregory; Workman, Gar
- Date of Issue
- 1977-07
- Publisher
- Utah State University, Department of Wildlife Science
- Units
- ARCH , CANY
- Keywords
- Animal Behavior, Animal Studies, Animals, Devil's Garden campground, Diet, Inventory, Mammals, Mammals (Mammalia), Management, Predation, Squaw Flat Campground, Visitor Impacts