Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

21 Jul, 09 AM - 27 Jul, 05 AM

I will be using natural colored and dyed taxidermy mounts of striped skunks and grey foxes to assess what attributes predators use to differentiate between defended and undefended prey (coloration vs. shape). During my time at the reserve I will run a series of mount stations for 5 consecutive days on four occasions, spaced throughout the reserve and nearby public lands. Mount stations will consist of a fox or skunk mount anchored to the ground, fish-based scent lure and a remote camera. In order to evaluate the relative abundance of carnivore species I will also run track stations at 250m intervals for 200 station nights (i.e. 40 stations x 5 nights). Track stations will be established along roads or trails (human or wildlife) and will require me to clear vegetation from 1 m diameter circle. This cleared area will be lined with fine-gauge landscape cloth, covered with finely sifted sand and baited with a fish-based scent lure. All mount and track stations will checked and re-baited daily. All sand will be collected at the end of the sampling period.

Visit #12159 @Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory

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Under Project # 7988 | Research

Aposematic signaling in striped skunks

graduate_student - University of California, Davis

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Jennifer Hunter Jul 21 - 27, 2007 (7 days)

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