9307 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9307
• Author: Germaine, S. S.
• Title: Relationships of Birds, Lizards, and Nocturnal Rodents to Their Habitat in the Greater Tucson Area, Arizona.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Phoenix, AZ.
• Copyright Material: NO

RELATIONSHIl'S OF BIRDS, LIZARDS, AND NOCTURNAL RODENTS TO 'I'I IEIR I IABTI'AT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA
CONTENTS
Abstract ......................................................................1
Introduction ...................................................................1
Study Area ....................................................................3
Methods ......................................................................7
Study Design ...............................................................7
Wildlife Data Collection ....................................................... 7
Breeding Birds ............................................................ 7
Wintering Birds ........................................................... 7
Lizards .................................................................8
Nocturnal Rodents ........................................................ 8
Land Cover Quantification ...................................................... 8
Statistical Analysis ........................................................... 10
Habitat Variables ......................................................... 10
Breeding Birds ........................................................... 10
Wintering Birds .......................................................... 11
Lizards ................................................................ 11
Wildlife Community Descriptors ............................................. 11
Nocturnal Rodents ....................................................... 11
Results ...................................................................... 13
Land Cover Associations ...................................................... 13
Wildlife Data Results ......................................................... 13
Breeding Birds ........................................................... 13
Wintering Birds .......................................................... 13
Lizards ................................................................ 15
Nocturnal Rodents ....................................................... 15
Wildlife-Land Cover Relationships ............................................... 15
Breeding Birds ........................................................... 15
Wintering Birds .......................................................... 20
Lizards ................................................................ 23
Nocturnal Rodents ....................................................... 23
Wildlife Community Descriptors ................................................ 23
Predictive Models ........................................................... 23
Breeding Birds ........................................................... 23
Discussion ................................................................... 29
Study Design .............................................................. 29
Land Cover Associations ...................................................... 29
Wildlife-Land Cover Relationships ............................................... 29
Breeding/Wintering Bird Habitat Use ............................................. 30
Wildlife Community Regulation ................................................. 30
Predictive Models ........................................................... 31
Nocturnal Rodents .......................................................... 31
Conclusions .................................................................. 35
Management Options ............................................................ 35
Literature Cited ................................................................ 37
Appendixes ................................................................... 40
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