Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake: Ohio Population Survey and Survey Technique Development [Fact Sheet]

Details

• Creators:
  Peterman, William ; Lipps, Gregory ; Hoffman, Andrew ; Amber, Evan ; Myers, Jennifer G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Ohio State University ; Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Laboratory
• Corporate Contributors:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cameras
  • Animals
  • Endangered species
  • Monitoring
  • Population
  • Wildlife
  • Adapted-Hunt Drift Fence
  • AHDriFT
  • Camera traps
  • drift fence
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  107308
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio ; United States
• Edition:
  Fact Sheet
• Corporate Publisher:
  Ohio. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Statewide Planning and Research
• Abstract:
  Eastern Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) endangered in Ohio and federally threatened. Current approved survey methods involve corrugated tin surveys supplemented by visual encounter surveys. While effective, these traditional methods have low detection rates and require intensive field effort which can complicate environmental reviews of project impacts to the species. The Adapted-Hunt Drift Fence Technique (AHDriFT) presents an opportunity to potentially increase survey efficiency and effectiveness but has not yet been tested for detecting massasaugas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72907/dot_72907_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 485.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7b82fba7c6cb464348a623c3f9c2c1b14ba94c692e63c84259ca18c9b23d3f4a