Title

Lassen Volcanic National Park Small Vertebrate Inventory Project: Preliminary Results 2000-2004

Author Info

John D. Perrine, University of California - BerkeleyFollow

Recommended Citation

Published in National Park Service Task Agreement J8C070500003, January 1, 2006.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author John D. Perrine was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

Abstract

Biologists at Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California conducted an inventory of non-flying small mammals, amphibians and reptiles from 2000 through 2004. The four primary habitat types in the park (brush, forest, riparian and subalpine) were each sampled at one high elevation and one mid-elevation site in the park. Each of the eight sites was sampled for four six-day periods between June and September each year using a combination of pitfall, Sherman and Tomahawk traps, coverboards and unbaited automatic camera stations. This effort yielded 12,150 captures and 776 photo detections. A total of 649 voucher specimens, representing 19 mammal, one amphibian and two reptile species, was collected and accessioned to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Disciplines

Biology