List of Tables 



1. Average group size of mule deer in the Sweeney-Snyder study 



area 35 



Mule deer, antelope and coyote aerial observations per 



hour in the Sweeney-Snyder study area 37 



Mule deer population characteristics in the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area 38 



Seasonal use of vegetation types by mule deer in the 



Sweeney-Snyder study area 44 



Seasonal activity of mule deer in the Sweeney-Snyder study 



area 45 



Seasonal use of topography by mule deer in the Sweeney- 

 Snyder study area 45 



Seasonal use of exposure by mule deer in the Sweeney-Snyder.. 

 study area 47 



Seasonal use of slope by mule deer in the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area 47 



Average group size of antelope in the Sweeney-Snyder study 



ar ea 48 



Antelope population characteristics in the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area 30 



Seasonal use of vegetation types by antelope in the 



Sweeney-Snyder study area 51 



Seasonal activity of antelope in the Sweeney-Snyder study 



area 54 



Seasonal use of topography by antelope in the Sweeney- 

 Snyder study area 54 



Seasonal use of exposure by antelope in the Sweeney- 

 Snyder study area 55 



Seasonal use of slope by antelope in the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area 55 



Sharp-tailed grouse dancing grounds in the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area and numbers of males attending 57 



Sage grouse strutting grounds in the Sweeney-Snyder study 



area and numbers of males attending 57 



Bird species observed on the Sweeney-Snyder study area 58 



Bird species composition and frequency of occurrence from 



five Sweeney-Snyder breeding bird surveys 63 



Raptor nest sites on the Sweeney-Snyder study area °5 



Mammals observed on the Sweeney-Snyder study area ^5 



Results of small mammal trapping on the Sweeney-Snyder study 

 area during the summer and fall of I98O 65 



Amphibians and reptiles observed on the Sweeney-Snyder 



study area 66 



Average group size of mule deer in the Greenleaf-Miller 



study area 66 



Mule deer, antelope and coyote aerial observations per hour 

 in the Greenleaf-Miller study area 69 



Mule deer population characteristics in the Greenleaf- 

 Miller study area 70 



Seasonal use of vegetation types by mule deer in the Green- 

 leaf-Miller study area 75 



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