State Wildlife Grant - T-53-R
| Project Overview | |
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| Project Title |
Intensive survey of small mammal and herpetofauna in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota
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| Target Species |
Herpetofauna (Appendix B; NDSWAP 2015), and small mammals (Appendix C; NDSWAP 2015)
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| Timeline |
October 2017 - December 2019
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| Investigators |
Dr. Shubham Datta, Dakota College at Bottineau
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Project Description
Little to no information exists for the distribution and abundance of herpetofauna and small mammals in the Turtle Mountain region of North Dakota. Comprehensive inventories of a region form the basis for evaluating species status and is essential in understanding the complexity of biodiversity for research, conservation, and effective species management. The objectives of this project are to determine the small mammalian and herpetofauna species composition, species richness, abundance, and their habitat association in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota by using multiple survey methods.