Response of reptile populations to different land management practices on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Reynolds, Timothy D.

Source:

Great Basin Naturalist, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Volume 39, Issue 3, p.255-262 (1979)

Call Number:

A79REY01IDUS

URL:

https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/wnan/article/view/29533

Keywords:

Agropyron cristatum, Artemisia tridentata, crested wheatgrass, Phrynosoma douglassii, sagebrush, sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus, Short-Horned Lizard

Abstract:

Populations of reptiles were examined in grazed and ungrazed habitats dominated by sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) or by crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) Site in southeastern Idaho. The sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) and the short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglassi) were the only species of reptiles encountered in sufficient numbers to permit statistical analysis. Both of these species preferred sagebrush habitats to areas dominated by crested wheatgrass. The sagebrush lizard was most abundant in the native, ungrazed, sagebrush habitat, and the short-horned lizard was most plentiful in the sheep-grazed area dominated by big sagebrush.

Notes:

Reference Code: A79REY01IDUS

Full Citation: Reynolds, T. D. 1979. Response of reptile populations to different land management practices on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory site. Great Basin Naturalist 39(3): 255-262.

Location: ANIMAL EF: REPTILES