Desert tortoise monitoring in the Jawbone-Butterbredt ACEC

Title Variants

Alternative: Desert tortoise monitoring in the Jawbone Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern

Alternative: Effects of off-highway vehicles on the desert ecosystem

By

Asselta, Shirley-Ann.
Berry, Kristin H.
Keith, Kevin
McAllister, Heath.
Ruelle, Morgan.
Weigand, James F.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Ridgecrest Field Office.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Ridgecrest, CA], U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Ridgecrest Field Office, ℗♭2003

Notes

Contents: pt. I : Protocol to survey the Jawbone-Butterbredt ACEC for desert tortoise. | pt. II : Progress report for 2002-2003. | pt. III : Raw data for 2002-2003. | Background -- | Objectives -- | Task 1: surveying hectare plots -- | Task 2: human-related disturbances -- | Task 3: Tortoise sign -- | Task 4: live tortoises -- | Task 5: tortoise shell-skeletal remains -- | Task 6: appendices -- | Search effort -- | Plot summary -- | Sign summary -- | Human disturbance summary -- | Plots searched (Table A) -- | Live tortoises (Tables B,C,D) -- | Shell-skeletal remains (Table E) -- | Tortoise cover sites (Table G) -- | Tortoise scat (Table G) -- | Other tortoise sign (Table H) -- | Human disturbance (Table I) -- | Daily summary (Table J) -- | Daily Search effort (Table K)

In 2001, a Desert Monitoring Team was hired by the Bureau of Land Management to monitor the effects of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV's) on the desert ecosystem. One of their tasks was to complete a survey for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). This survey began in the summer of 2002 (from June to October) and continued in the summer of 2003 (from July to September). As of October 2003, 35 percent of the survey has been completed.

Title from cover page.

"October, 2003."

"Principal investigator: Kristin H. Berry ; advisor: James Weigand ; team leader: Kevin Keith ; survey team: Shirley-Ann Asselta, Heath McAllister, Morgan Ruelle"--Page 2.

Subjects

California , Desert ecology , Desert tortoise , Effect of human beings on , Environmental aspects , Habitat , Habitat (Ecology) , Jawbone Ridge , Management , Mojave Desert , Monitoring , Nature , Off-road vehicles , Public lands , Research , United States , Wildlife monitoring

Call Number

QH545.A43 D47 2003

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153841
OCLC: 999821015