Final Report for 2003 and 2004 Mammal Inventories on Selected National Park Service Southern Colorado Plateau Network Parks: Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Haymond S and Sherwin RE. 2005. Final Report for 2003 and 2004 Mammal Inventories on Selected National Park Service Southern Colorado Plateau Network Parks: Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. Ganado, AZ
Holistic Wildlife Services NM was contracted by the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct biological inventories for mammals at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (HUTR) as part of the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program. The goals of this study were to document at least 90% of the mammals using verifiable documentation and taxa-specific field surveys, provide distributional information, estimates of species richness, and relative abundance of mammals, and provide baseline information and make recommendations to develop future management and monitoring schemes of zoological resources. There had been no baseline mammal work conducted at HUTR prior to these surveys. A total of 23 mammal species were estimated to inhabit the park based on species-area models; however we estimated 39 species for HUTR based on known specific ranges and available museum records. Field inventories extended from 26 June to 28 August 2003, and 10 May to 17 June 2004. We used a variety of survey methods including live-trapping, mist netting and acoustic surveys for bats, track-scat surveys, and opportunistic observations. We documented a total of 32 species (Chiroptera 8 spp., Lagomorpha 2 spp., Rodentia 15 spp., Carnivora 6 spp., and Artiodactyla 1 sp.). Our survey efforts documented 82% of the 39 species we considered potential to occur, and we documented over 30% more than the 23 species predicted by species-area models. The piñon mouse was the most abundant species of mammal at HUTR during 2003 (17.8% of all captures), while deer mice were the most abundant species (almost 40% of all captures) in 2004. No federal or Navajo Tribal-listed endangered species were documented during this study.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Haymond, Shauna; Sherwin, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 2005-01
- Units
- HUTR , SCPN
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Colorado Plateau, Distribution (Biodiversity), Inventories, Inventory, Mammal, Mammals, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Wildlife