 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Twenty-Third Annual Meeting and Symposium of the
Desert Tortoise Council, April 3-5, 1998
Abstracts
Which Method is Better? A Comparison of Mile2 and Kilometer2 Overlapping Desert Tortoise Census Plots at Saguaro National Park
Brent Martin
3993 N. Campbell Avenue, No. 52, Tucson, Arizona 85719
A desert tortoise census within a mile2 study plot in Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain Unit) conducted in 1989 is compared with a census in a purposely overlaid kilometer2 plot conducted in 1996 and 1997. Strategies, techniques, results, intrinsic advantages and limitations of each method, and conclusions are presented and discussed.
| 1998 Abstracts | | | Abstracts Index | | | Home |