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Vertebrates diverse and abundant in well-structured oak woodland

authors

William D. Tietje, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), San Luis Obispo County
Justin K. Vreeland, UCCE San Luis Obispo County

publication information

California Agriculture 51(6):8-11. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v051n06p8. November-December 1997.

abstract

Knowledge of the diversity and abundance of vertebrates in relatively undisturbed oak woodlands could be used as a baseline for evaluating natural and human-caused perturbations. High numbers of terrestrial vertebrates were found in well-structured oak woodland at a study site in the Central Coast region. Within classes of terrestrial vertebrates, woodrats, dark-eyed juncos and slender salamanders exhibited the strongest habitat associations. Dense oak woodlands with shrubby understory and downed woody material supported the greatest numbers of vertebrate fauna.

author affiliations

W.D. Tietje is Natural Resources Specialist, Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP), Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley located at UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), San Luis Obispo County; J.K. Vreeland is Staff Research Associate, IHRMP, UCCE San Luis Obispo County.

author notes

The authors thank the Army National Guard, Camp Roberts, for allowing access for study purposes. Brian Duke and Julie Eliason, Camp Roberts Environmental Office, and Eva Begley, Senior Environmental Planner, Sacramento, provided assistance and support on the study. Karen Carney, Jo Ann Dockter, John Elliott, Tina Fabula, Debora Guillot, Mike McGovern, Daniel Perry, Kathy Sharum, Nathan Smith and Jane Wooding assisted with fieldwork. The study was funded by UC Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program Grant 91–003, and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Grant 8CA96037. Logistical support was provided by the San Luis Obispo County Cooperative Extension Office. Supplemental funds were provided for fieldwork by the San Luis Obispo County Fish and Game Fines Committee and the Central Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council.

Further reading

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Block WM, Morrison ML. Standiford RB technical coordinator. Influence of scale on the management of wildlife in California oak woodlands. 1991. pp.96-104. Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood range-land management; 1990 Oct 31–Nov 2; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. No. PSW-GTR-126. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Morrison ML, Block WM, Verner J. Standiford Richard B. technical coordinator. Wildlife-habitat relationships in California's oak woodlands: where do we go from here?. 1991. pp.105-9. Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management; 1990 Oct 31–Nov. 2; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-126. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Morrison ML, Marcot BG, Mannan RW. Wildlife-habitat relationships: concepts and applications. 1992. Madison, WI:University of Wisconsin Press. 343.


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