A survey for Nicrophorous americanus, Olivier "American Burying Beetle" on Sandbars and Islands in the Missouri National Recreational River
Perkins K. 2006. A survey for Nicrophorous americanus, Olivier "American Burying Beetle" on Sandbars and Islands in the Missouri National Recreational River
The primary objective of this study was to survey one portion of the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR) for Nicrophorus Americanus, Olivier also known as “American Burying Beetle” (ABB), an endangered species. The reason this survey was significant was that a single specimen of ABB was recorded from Elk Point, SD in 1945 (Backlund and Marrone, 1997) making it possible for this species to be found in the survey area coupled to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project to create and maintain emergent sand bar habitat for “piping plover” and “interior least term” through mechanical and chemical means as authorized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USF&WS) “revised biological opinion”. If ABB occupied the survey area they could potentially be affected by the aforementioned USACE project as well as by other USACE activities. The evidence provided by this survey indicates that ABB either does not utilize this habitat within its range or has been extirpated from this part of its former range.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Perkins, Keith
- Date of Issue
- 2006-01-25
- Units
- MNRR
- Keywords
- American Burying Beetle, Missouri National Recreational River, Nicrophorous americanus, Nicrophorous orbicollis, NPSpecies