GENERAL50126

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/6/1988
• Doc Name: ELK CALVING BEHAVIOR STUDY 1987 ANNUAL REPORT
• Permit Index Doc Type: WILDLIFE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INT RO D U CT IO N ................................. .................. . 1
STUDY AREA ................................... ................... 1
MCfl1O DS . ...................................... .................. 1
RESULTS .. ...................................... ................. 2
P~lonitor ing .................................. .......... 2
Mortali ty ................................... .......... 2
Produc tivity ................................ .......... 3
Calving Home Range Size ................... .......... 3
Calving Home Range Fidelity ................ ......... 3
1labitat Utilization .......................... .......... 4
CONCLUSIO NS ................................... .................. 4
TABLE 1 Monthly Summary of Transmittered Elk Locations ....... . 5
TABLE 2 Yearly Summary of Transmittered Elk Locations ........ . 8
TABLE 3 Mortality and Fate of Radio Transmitters on Cow Elk ... 9
TABLE 4 Elk Harvested in 1985 ............... ................... 10
TABLE 5 Elk Productivity (Cow: Calf Ratios) .. ................... 11
TABLE 6 Minimum Home Range Size During Calving 1987 ........ 12
(Home Ranges for May 15 -June 30)
TABLE 7 Relative Percent Calving Home Range Overlap Between . ..13
Consecutive Years (May 15 -June 30)
TABLE 8 Linear Distance Between Consecutive Season Activity .. 14
TABLE 9 Habitat Use by Elk During the Calving Period .......... 15
May 15, -June 30, 1987
TABLE 10 Monthly Habitat Use By Elk (Dec 1986 -July 1987) ....... 16
TABLE 11 Ear Tagged and Conventional Collared Elk Sightings .... 17
fABLE 12 Transmitter Collared Elk locations Not Mapped .......... 18
TARI_E 13 Locations (or Transmitter Collared Elk B ............... 21
TABLE 14 Locations for 1-ransrnitter Collared Elk E ............... 23
TABLE 15 Locations for Transmitter Collared Elk P ............... 25
TABLE 16 Locations for Transmitter Collared Elk R ............... 27
TAF}LE 17 Locations (or -transmitter Collared Elk 1 ............... 29
TABLE 18 Locations for T-r•ansrtritter Collared Elk 2 ............... 31
TAf31_E 19 Locations for Transmitter Collared Elk 3 ............... 33
TABLE 20 Locations for Transmitter Collared Elk 4 ............... 35
TABLE 21 Locations for Transmitter Collared Elk 6 ............... 37
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