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Table of Contents

CIP

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Inventory Group

2.1 Mountain Beaver Aplodontia rufa (Rafinesque 1817)
2.2 Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea (Ord 1815)
2.3 Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)

3. Protocols

3.1 Sampling Standards

3.1.1 Habitat Data Standards
3.1.2 Survey Design Hierarchy

3.2 Inventory Surveys
3.3 Presence/Not detected

3.3.1 Physical Sign

3.4 Relative Abundance

3.4.1 Physical Sign

3.5 Absolute Abundance

3.5.1 Mark-release-recapture (MRR) - Live trapping procedure.

List of Figures

Figure 1. RIC species inventory survey design hierarchy with examples.

Figure 2. Appearance of a semi-systematic layout for a line transect sampling design.

List of Tables

Table 1. Recommended methods for inventory of Mountain beaver, Bushy-tailed Woodrat, and Porcupine in British Columbia at three levels of intensity.

Table 2. Types of inventory surveys, the data forms needed, and the level of intensity of the survey.

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