Mammal and Herpetological Inventory of Big Hole National Battlefield 2002
Rodhouse TJ, Strobl CA, Garrett LK. 2009. Mammal and Herpetological Inventory of Big Hole National Battlefield 2002. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/UCBN/NRTR—2009/229. National Park Service
Big Hole National Battlefield was surveyed over 8 days on two separate periods during July and August, 2002. Sampling techniques used in the inventory included visual encounter surveys, dip netting, cover turning, road surveys, and trapping. Although bats were not included in the 2002 inventory due to logistical constraints, an effort was made to determine bat activity in the battlefield for future inventory work. No bats were observed during the sampling period in 2002. The Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) was the most widely distributed and most abundant amphibian in the battlefield. The common garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) was the most widely distributed and most abundant reptile detected during these surveys. The mammals with the highest abundance at the battlefield were the Columbian ground squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus), the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), the red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), and the western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Rodhouse, Thomas; Strobl, Crystal; Garrett, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2009-07-22
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BIHO , NRSS , UCBN
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Amphibians, Big Hole National Battlefield, Herpetological Inventory, Herpetological Inventory, Inventory, Mammal Inventory, Mammal Inventory, Mammals, Presence (Biodiversity), Reptiles, Taxa List Only, Upper Columbia Basin Network