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Table of Contents

CIP Data

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Inventory Group

2.1 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus

2.2 Nuttall's Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii

2.3 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

2.4 European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

2.5 White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii

3. PROTOCOLS

3.1 Sampling Standards

3.1.1 Habitat Data Standards

3.1.2 Timing of Surveys

3.1.3 Survey Design Hierarchy

3.2 Inventory Surveys

3.3 Presence/Not Detected

3.3.1 Detection Transect (Snowshoe Hare & Nuttall's Cottontail)

3.3.2 Roadside Surveys (Eastern Cottontail)

3.4 Relative Abundance

3.4.1 Pellet Counts (Snowshoe Hare & Nuttall's Cottontail)

3.4.2 Roadside Surveys (Eastern Cottontail)

3.5 Absolute Abundance

3.5.1 Mark-recapture

Glossary

Literature Cited

List of Figures

Figure 1. RIC species inventory survey design hierachy with examples.
Figure 2. Design of a wooden trap for Eastern Cottontail. (Source: Illinois Natural History Survey.)

List of Tables

Table 1. Recommended inventory methods for hares and cottontails in British Columbia at 3 levels of intensity.
Table 2. Types of inventory surveys, the data forms needed, and the level of intensity of the survey.
Table 3. Design of a wooden trap for Eastern Cottontail: Parts List.

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