Coastal California San Francisco Gartersnake Capture-Mark-Recapture Data (2008-2013)
Dates
Publication Date
2018-10-31
Start Date
2008
End Date
2013
Citation
Halstead, B.J., Thompson, M.E., Amarello, M., Smith, J.J., Wylie, G.D., Routman, E.J., and Casazza, M.L., 2018, Coastal California San Francisco Gartersnake capture-mark-recapture data (2008-2013): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F73F4NJK.
Summary
These data are multi-state capture histories of 273 individual San Francisco gartersnakes collected at a site before and after a portion of the site was burned. Data collection began in 2008 and continued until 2013, and the prescribed fire was applied in the fall of 2010. These data support the following paper: Halstead, B. J., Thompson, M. E., Amarello, M. , Smith, J. J., Wylie, G. D., Routman, E. J. and Casazza, M. L. (2018), Effects of prescribed fire on San Francisco gartersnake survival and movement. Jour. Wild. Mgmt.. . doi:10.1002/jwmg.21585
Summary
These data are multi-state capture histories of 273 individual San Francisco gartersnakes collected at a site before and after a portion of the site was burned. Data collection began in 2008 and continued until 2013, and the prescribed fire was applied in the fall of 2010.
These data support the following paper:
Halstead, B. J., Thompson, M. E., Amarello, M. , Smith, J. J., Wylie, G. D., Routman, E. J. and Casazza, M. L. (2018), Effects of prescribed fire on San Francisco gartersnake survival and movement. Jour. Wild. Mgmt.. . doi:10.1002/jwmg.21585
Data were obtained to assess the effects of prescribed fire on San Francisco gartersnakes to inform conservation and management decisions.
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