Resources Information Standards Committee

This document is also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Click on the icon to view/download.

Back to Task Force Index

Table of Contents

CIP

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Inventory Group

2.1 Common Pika, Ochotona princeps (Richardson)
2.2 Collared Pika, Ochotona collaris (Nelson)
2.3 Columbian Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus columbianus (Ord)
2.4 Arctic Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson)
2.5 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis (Say)
2.6 Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus saturatus (Rhoads)
2.7 Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Backman)
2.8 Woodchuck, Marmota monax (Linnaeus)
2.9 Hoary Marmot, Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz)
2.10 Vancouver Island Marmot, Marmota vancouverensis Swarth
2.11 Yellow-pine Chipmunk, Tamias amoenus Allen
2.12 Least Chipmunk, Tamias minimus Bachman
2.13 Townsend's Chipmunk, Tamias townsendii Bachman
2.14 Red-tailed Chipmunk, Tamias ruficaudus (Howell)
2.15 Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben)
2.16 Douglas' Squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii (Bachman)
2.17 Northern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw)
2.18 Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin

3. Protocols

3.1 Sampling Standards

3.1.1 Habitat Data Standards
3.1.2 Time of survey
3.1.3 Survey Design Hierarchy

• 
  3.2 Inventory Surveys
  3.3 Presence/Not detected and Relative Abundance

  3.3.1 Direct observation and sign sampling

  
  3.4 Absolute Abundance

  3.4.1 Live trapping/Mark-release-recapture

Glossary

LITERATURE CITED

List of Figures

Figure 1. RIC species inventory survey design hierarchy with examples.
Figure 2. An example of a straight line fixed-width transect layout illustrating direct animal observation and sign sampling (adapted from Hatler 1991). Actual transect width may vary.

List of Tables

Table 1. List of pikas and sciurids found in British Columbiaa
Table 2. Species distribution relative to biogeoclimatic zones a
Table 3. Types of inventory surveys, the data forms needed, and the level of intensity of the survey.
Table 4. RIC objectives and analysis methods for presence/not detected data.
Table 5. RIC objectives and analysis methods for relative abundance data
Table 6. Sources for sample size calculation

---

HTML Created: December 1998

Copyright © 1998 Province of British Columbia


Published by the Resources Inventory Committee