Research on the NBHCP’s “Covered Species”
Occasionally the Conservancy participates in or is made aware of research that is specific to the NBHCP’s “Covered Species.” While the resources listed here are not intended to be comprehensive, they are noteworthy in that they have helped the Conservancy. The listings have either helped memorialize learnings that may be helpful to future managers or provide new information that has guided opinions and strategies that Conservancy management has employed to refine its care of mitigation lands.
Giant garter snake
Conservation reliance of a threatened snake on rice agriculture
2019
Global Ecology and Conservation
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas)
Open file report 2017-1123
2017
A Conceptual Model for Site-Level Ecology of the Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley, California
Open-File Report 2015-1152
August 2015
Literature Review of Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) Biology and Conservation
Open-File Report 2015-1150
August 2015
Relations between Environmental Attributes and Contemporary Occupancy of Threatened Giant gartersnakes
Journal of Herpetology, 51(2):274-283.
April 21, 2017
Swainson’s hawk
Space Use by Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) in the Natomas Basin, California
Collabra
April 7, 2016