Small Mammal Surveys on Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Final Report
Pearson DE, Socie KA, Ruggiero LF. 2006. Small Mammal Surveys on Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Final Report. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Missoula, Montana
The current report provides the results of a small mammal survey conducted on Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LBB) in the summers of 2002 and 2003. The primary objective of this study was to survey the small mammals of LBB in an effort to achieve a 90% inventory of the small mammal communities on the park. Given the potentially high species richness and the potential rarity of some prospective community members, we conducted intensive sampling throughout LBB using a range of trapping techniques so that the suite of traps provided the most effective means of sampling the entire small mammal community. Additionally, the use of snap traps and pitfalls provided voucher specimens for identification purposes. Since at least one fourth of the species potentially present are difficult to impossible to conclusively identify without using dental, skull, or baculum characteristics (e.g. nearly all the shrews, several voles, and some chipmunks and mice), examination of these characteristics were necessary to approach the 90% census goal and establish conclusive species identifications.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Pearson, Dean; Socie, Kathryn; Ruggiero, Leonard
- Date of Issue
- 2006-01-20
- Publisher
- USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
- Units
- LIBI
- Keywords
- Inventory, Observations, Presence (Biodiversity), Small Mammals, Surveys, Taxa Links To References, Vouchers
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals , NPS.gov Subject Site: Mammals