Monitoring of the Thorne's hairstreak and mapping Tecate cypress. (1) Conduct occupancy surveys for Thorne's hairstreak adults and juveniles. (2) Characterize habitat associated with Thorne's hairstreak presence. (3) Age trees (by coring) in sampled stands of Tecate cypress. (4) Conduct larval and adult experiments to assess the importance of tree age for Thorne's hairstreak. (5) Analyze data from 2009 and 2010 and prepare final report.
County: San Diego
General: South-central, South-west
MU: 3
Project type: Monitoring
Target species: Tecate cypress, Thorne's hairstreak butterfly
Target vegetation: southern interior cypress forest
Investigator: Matthew Forister
Main implementing entity: University of Nevada, Reno
Point of contact: Matthew Forister
SDMMP lead: Yvonne Moore
Study lead: Amy Lucas
Budget year: pre FY15-1; Work plan objectives number: