clear differences among routes in terms of sample abundances, as the relative 

 ranking of routes changes radically from month to month (killdeer, figure 9; 

 white-tailed deer, figure 32; pronghorn antelope, figure 35). (2) Others 

 show relatively slight differences among routes, with the monthly changes in 

 sample abundances closely parallel for all routes (e.g. western meadowlark, fig- 

 ure 17). (3) Certain species show a rather clear separation of five routes 

 with the relative ranking of the routes changing slightly or not at all through- 

 out the period. The species having this pattern of sample abundance curves may 

 be called "separator species" and include the sharp-tailed grouse (figure 6), 

 ring-necked pheasant (figure 7), mourning dove (figure 10), eastern kingbird 

 (figure 11), horned lark (figure 12), loggerhead shrike (figure 15), house 

 sparrow (figure 16), red-winged blackbird (figure 18), rufous-sided towhee 

 ifigure 19), lark bunting (figure 20), vesper sparrow (figure 21), Brewer's 

 sparrow (figure 22), field sparrow (figure 23), chestnut-collared longspur 

 (figure 24), and mule deer (figure 29). Of these species, those consistently 

 attaining maximal sample abundance on one of the five routes may be considered 

 indicators for that route. Such indicators are listed in table 34 for each of 

 the five routes. (4) Certain of these indicator species were recorded almost 

 exclusively on a single route, and were seldom recorded for the other four 

 routes. These are the primary indicator species, and are identified by an 

 asterisk in table 34. 



Table 34. List of Indicator species for the five roadside wildlife survey routes. 



* Primary indicator species, 



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