ABSTRACT

Learn how to start a census program for terrestrial vertebrates with this handbook. Whether the information you need is for managing a population, surveying environmental impact, or conducting research on a particular species, this handbook has it all. Principles, methods, and calculations are explained. The following information is given for each species: name; range; reasons for census; life history; items of importance, e.g., migration; methods of census; recent and pertinent references; and comments about the various methods.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

ByD. E. Davis

part |16 pages

Methods for Species: Amphibians and Reptiles

chapter |2 pages

Anurans

ByJ. K. Werner

chapter |2 pages

Dusky Salamanders (Mountains)

ByRussell J. Hall

chapter |2 pages

Dusky Salamanders

ByStephen G. Tilley

chapter |2 pages

Anolis Gingivinus

ByDavid G. Heckel

chapter |1 pages

Anolis Acutus

ByRichard Philibosian

chapter |2 pages

Whipsnakes

ByWilliam S. Parker

chapter |3 pages

Snapping Turtles

ByP. Decker Major

part |96 pages

Methods for Species: Birds

chapter |2 pages

Great Crested Grebe

ByS. W. M. Hughes

chapter |2 pages

White-Faced IBIS

ByKirke A. King

chapter |3 pages

Flamingoes

ByC. H. Tuite

chapter |3 pages

Swans

ByJames G. King

chapter |2 pages

European Mute Swan

ByJan Reese

chapter |2 pages

Cackling Geese

ByP. G. Mickelson

chapter |2 pages

Lesser Snow Geese

ByD. S. Sulzbach

chapter |2 pages

Wood Duck

ByDelbert E. Parr

chapter |2 pages

Everglade Kite

ByPaul W. Sykes

chapter |3 pages

Sparrowhawks

ByI. Newton

chapter |2 pages

Bald Eagle

ByJames W. Grier

chapter |2 pages

Bald Eagle (Alaska)

ByJ. I. Hodges, J. G. King

chapter |3 pages

Harrier

ByFrances Hamerstrom

chapter |2 pages

Ospreys

ByJon E. Swenson

chapter |2 pages

Plain Chachalaca

ByWayne R. Marion

chapter |2 pages

American Kestrel

ByT. Craig

chapter |2 pages

Spruce Grouse

ByD. A. Boag, D. T. McKinnon

chapter |3 pages

Blue Grouse

ByFred C. Zwickel

chapter |2 pages

Sage Grouse

ByD. A. Jenni

chapter |3 pages

Bobwhite

ByJohn L. Roseberry

chapter |2 pages

Alectoris Partridges

ByPhilip U. Alkon

chapter |2 pages

Wild Turkeys

ByJanna W. Zirkle

chapter |1 pages

Limpkins

ByWayne R. Marion, T. E. O’Meara

chapter |4 pages

Herring Gull

ByJoanna Burger

chapter |3 pages

Ring-Billed Gull

ByJames P. Ludwig

chapter |3 pages

Royal and Sandwich Terns

ByLawrence J. Blus

chapter |1 pages

Band-Tailed Pigeon

ByD. A. McCaughran

chapter |2 pages

Great Horned Owl

ByD. A. Rusch

chapter |2 pages

Long-Eared Owl

ByT. Craig

chapter |2 pages

Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

ByRichard L. Thompson

chapter |2 pages

American Robin

ByEric V. Johnson

chapter |2 pages

Bluebirds

ByBen Pinkowski

chapter |1 pages

European Starlings

ByYoram Yom-Tov

chapter |3 pages

Australian Miners

ByDouglas D. Dow, Mary J. Whitmore

chapter |2 pages

House Sparrow

ByCharles A. North

chapter |2 pages

Red-Billed Quelea

ByM. M. Jaeger

chapter |2 pages

Bay-Breasted Warbler

ByDouglass H. Morse

chapter |1 pages

Prairie Warbler

ByMichael C. Moore

chapter |2 pages

Red-Winged Blackbird

ByPeter H. Albers

chapter |2 pages

Cassin’s Finch

ByF. B. Samson

chapter |1 pages

Grasshopper Sparrow

ByRobert C. Whitmore

chapter |2 pages

Clay-Colored Sparrow

ByR. W. Knapton

chapter |2 pages

Field Sparrow

ByLouis B. Best

chapter |2 pages

Song Sparrow

ByJ. N. M. Smith

part |156 pages

Methods for Species: Mammals

chapter |1 pages

Antechinus Stuartii

ByRichard W. Braithwaite

chapter |2 pages

Little Brown Bat (Roosts)

ByRobert Keen

chapter |3 pages

Little Brown Bat (Captures)

ByThomas H. Kunz

chapter |2 pages

Gray Bat

ByMerlin D. Tuttle

chapter |2 pages

Spider Monkeys

ByJ. G. H. Cant

chapter |3 pages

Pika (Ochotona)

ByAndrew T. Smith

chapter |2 pages

European Rabbit (Scotland)

ByB. A. Henderson

chapter |3 pages

European Rabbit (Australia)

ByI. Parer

chapter |1 pages

Snowshoe Hare (Alaska)

ByDale D. Feist

chapter |2 pages

Snowshoe Hare

ByJerry O. Wolff

chapter |3 pages

European Hare

ByBo Frylestam

chapter |2 pages

Chipmunks

ByRichard H. Yahner

chapter |1 pages

Woodchucks

ByDavid E. Davis

chapter |2 pages

Yellow-Bellied Marmot

ByKenneth B. Armitage

chapter |2 pages

Franklin’s Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Franklinii)

ByJ. O. Murie

chapter |2 pages

Richardson’s Ground Squirrel

ByDavid A. Zegers

chapter |2 pages

Uinta Ground Squirrel

ByDavid Balph

chapter |3 pages

Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel*

ByRobert S. Lishak

chapter |1 pages

California Ground Squirrel

ByDavid E. Davis

chapter |2 pages

Tree Squirrels

ByStephen H. Bouffard

chapter |2 pages

Gray Squirrel (South)

ByH. Randolph Perry

chapter |2 pages

Grey Squirrel (North)

ByD. C. Thompson

chapter |3 pages

Grey Squirrel (England)

ByA. C. Dubock

chapter |2 pages

Red Squirrel

ByD. A. Rusch

chapter |2 pages

Morro Bay Kangaroo Rats

ByA. I. Roest

chapter |2 pages

Rice Rats

ByDavid B. Clark

chapter |2 pages

Deer Mouse

BySteve Mihok

chapter |1 pages

Peromyscus Leucopus

ByB. M. Gottfried

chapter |2 pages

Hispid Cotton Rat

ByFred S. Guthery

chapter |1 pages

Woodrats

ByTerry Vaughan

chapter |1 pages

Microtines (Comments)

ByDavid E. Davis

chapter |2 pages

Microtus Pennsyl Vanicus

ByLowell L. Getz

chapter |1 pages

Microtus Ochrogaster

ByMike McGovern, C. R. Tracy

chapter |1 pages

Townsend’s Vole (Method)

ByRay Hilborn

chapter |3 pages

Townsend’s Vole (BIAS)

ByTerry D. Beacham

chapter |2 pages

Field Vole(Microtus Agrestis)

ByLennart Hansson

chapter |3 pages

Common Vole (Microtus Arvalis) (Germany)

ByGerhard Lauenstein

chapter |1 pages

Common Vole (Microtus Arvalis) (France)

ByM. Meunier, A. Solari, L. Martinet

chapter |1 pages

Southern Bog Lemming

ByMichael S. Gaines

chapter |2 pages

Red-Backed Vole

ByJ. F. Merritt

chapter |1 pages

Bank Vole (Norway)

ByRichard Wiger

chapter |2 pages

Bank Vole (Sweden)

ByLennart Hansson

chapter |2 pages

Muskrat

ByKjell Danell

chapter |2 pages

Area Sampled by a Grid

ByDavid M. Swift

chapter |2 pages

Rats

ByDavid E. Davis

chapter |1 pages

Rattuslutreolus

ByRichard W. Braithwaite

chapter |2 pages

Bandicota

ByShakunthala Sridhara

chapter |1 pages

Feral House Mice

ByAdrianne Massey

chapter |2 pages

Apodemus (Germany)

ByH. J. Pelz

chapter |3 pages

Apodemus (England)

ByW. I. Montgomery

chapter |2 pages

Gerbils

ByE. N. Chidumayo

chapter |2 pages

Porcupines

ByGraham W. Smith

chapter |1 pages

Agoutis

ByJ. G. H. Cant

chapter |3 pages

Domestic Cat

ByOlof Liberg

chapter |2 pages

Wolves

ByTodd K. Fuller

chapter |2 pages

Wolves (Radio-Tracking)

ByL. D. Mech

chapter |2 pages

Red Fox (U.S.)

ByRobert L. Phillips

chapter |1 pages

Red Fox (Scotland)

ByH. H. Kolb

chapter |3 pages

Free-Ranging Dogs

ByAlan M. Beck

chapter |2 pages

Black Bears

ByFrederick G. Lindzey

chapter |2 pages

Sea Lions

ByHoward W. Braham

chapter |2 pages

California Sea Lion

ByDaniel K. Odell

chapter |2 pages

West Indian Manatee

ByA. Blair Irvine

chapter |2 pages

Wild Pigs

ByR. H. Barrett

chapter |1 pages

Cervids (Comments)

ByDavid E. Davis

chapter |1 pages

Deer and Elk

ByGary C. White

chapter |2 pages

Deer (Pellet Count)

ByW. M. Longhurst, G. E. Connolly

chapter |2 pages

Deer (Track-Pellet)

ByR. A. Lautenschlager

chapter |3 pages

White-Tailed Deer (Texas)

ByJames G. Teer

chapter |3 pages

Deer in Forested Areas

ByT. J. Floyd, L. D. Mech, M. E. Nelson

chapter |2 pages

Deer Trail Survey*

ByK. R. McCaffery

chapter |3 pages

Mule Deer*

ByRoland C. Kufeld, James H. Olterman, David C. Bowden

chapter |2 pages

Moose (Alberta)

ByRobert E. Rolley

chapter |2 pages

Moose (Alaska)

ByJ. M. Peek

chapter |2 pages

Moose (Michigan)

ByMichael L. Wolfe

chapter |3 pages

Caribou

ByA. T. Bergerud

chapter |1 pages

Bighorn Sheep

ByR. J. Hudson

chapter |1 pages

Roan Antelope

ByR. Allsopp

chapter |2 pages

Free-Living Ponies

BySusan Gates

part |95 pages

Various Species in a Habitat

chapter |1 pages

Various Species in a Habitat

ByD. E. Davis

chapter |3 pages

Comments on Measurement of Habitat

ByS. H. Anderson

chapter |2 pages

Aquatic Snakes in Water Hyacinth Communities

ByJ. Steve Godley

chapter |2 pages

Canvasbacks and Redheads

ByLawson G. Sugden

chapter |3 pages

Nesting Snow and Ross’ Geese

ByR. H. Kerbes

chapter |2 pages

North American Accipiter Hawks

ByRichard T. Reynolds

chapter |2 pages

Shoreline Birds

ByRaleigh J. Robertson

chapter |1 pages

Birds in Urban Residential Habitats

ByJ. T. Emlen

chapter |2 pages

Suburban Bird Populations

ByDaniel A. Guthrie

chapter |2 pages

Birds in Hemlock Habitat

ByJane P. Holt

chapter |2 pages

Birds in Riparian Woodlands*

ByNancy E. Stamp

chapter |2 pages

Birds in Bottomland Hardwood Forests

ByJames G. Dickson

chapter |2 pages

Birds in Transmission Line Corridors

ByS. H. Anderson

chapter |2 pages

Birds in Dune Ecosystems

ByKathleen E. Franzreb

chapter |2 pages

Breeding Birds in Texas Brush-Grasslands

ByRoland R. Roth

chapter |3 pages

Birds in Shrubsteppe Habitat

ByJohn T. Rotenberry

chapter |2 pages

Migrants in Tropical Habitats

ByJames R. Karr

chapter |2 pages

Winter Bird Communities

ByJohn C. Kricher

chapter |2 pages

Galapagos Island Finches

ByP. R. Grant

chapter |1 pages

Censusing Primates in Colombia

ByK. M. Green

chapter |3 pages

Primates in Tropical Rain Forests

ByCarolyn M. Crockett

chapter |2 pages

Peromyscus and Microtus

ByT. P. Sullivan

chapter |3 pages

Everglades Rodents

ByAndrew T. Smith

chapter |2 pages

Small Rodents Along Obstructions

ByRonald M. Kozel

chapter |2 pages

Clearcuts — Small Mammals

ByGordon L. Kirkland

chapter |2 pages

Rodents in Aspen Parkland

ByEmil Kucera

chapter |4 pages

Small Mammals in Shortgrass Prairies

ByW. E. Grant

chapter |2 pages

Rodents of Sonoran Desert Habitats*

ByN. E. Stamp, R. D. Ohmart

chapter |1 pages

Tropical Heteromyid Rodents

ByTheodore H. Fleming

chapter |1 pages

Small Mammals in Australian Forest and Woodland

ByA. P. Stewart

chapter |2 pages

Australian Rattus

ByT. D. Redhead

chapter |3 pages

Coastal Migrating Whales

ByHoward W. Braham

chapter |26 pages

Calculations Used in Census Methods*

ByDavid E. Davis