Bulletin No.
729
Document Type
Bulletin
Department
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Description
The goal of this study was to conduct a nongame vertebrate survey at SLNWR by primary habitat types, with emphasis placed on nongame breeding birds and small mammals . Specific objectives were to determine:
1) avian and mammalian species composition by primary habitat types with special emphasis on nongame/neotropical avian species and nongame small mammals,
2) the presence of other vertebrate species (amphibians, reptiles , and fishes) by primary habitat type,
3) present vertebrate biota occurrence, as compared to pre-1940 occurence as found in the literature and other records or sources,
4) significant changes in habitat and/ or vegetation on SLNWR, based on current and historical literature and refuge files, and
5) to make recommendations for preserving/ enhancing populations of nongame vertebrate species on SLNWR.
Keywords
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, wetland habitat, nongame habitat
Pages
28
Publication Date
10-1998
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Meeks, W. A. and Higgins, K. F., "Nongame Birds, Small Mammals, Reptiles, Fishes: Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 1995-1996" (1998). Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011). 732.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_bulletins/732