Impact of grazing on a riparian garter snake

Publication Type:

Conference Paper

Authors:

Szaro, Robert C.; Belfit, Scott C.; Aitkin, J. Kevin; Rinne, John N.

Source:

First North American Riparian Conference; 1985 April 16-18, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Issue 2nd printing, Tucson, AZ, p.359-363 (1985)

Call Number:

U85SZA01IDUS

URL:

http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_rm/rm_gtr120.html

Keywords:

Garter Snake, Terrestrial Gartersnake, Thamnophis elegans, Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Abstract:

Numbers of wandering garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans vagrans) were significantly higher where cattle grazing was excluded than along grazed portions of Rio de las Vacas, a high-elevation thin-leaf alder—willow riparian community in northern New Mexico. Increases in garter snake numbers can be attributed to regeneration of streamside vegetation and the increased amount of organic debris.

Notes:

ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology

Citation (CSE style): Szaro RC, Belfit SC, Aitkin JK, Rinne JN. 1985. Impact of grazing on a riparian garter snake. In: Johnson RR, Ziebell CD, Patton DR, Ffolliott PF, Hamre RH, technical coordinators. Riparian ecosystems and their management: reconciling conflicting uses. First North American Riparian Conference; 1985 April 16-18; Tucson, AZ. Tucson: USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 359-363. General Technical Report RM-120.