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Rare Butterfly Management and Conservation Planning- 2016 Harbison's Dun Skipper Flight Season Surveys

May 3, 2016 - October 4, 2016 completed

Project description

This project is Task #7 of SANDAG contract number 5004388: Rare Butterfly Management and Conservation Planning. A summary of this task is provided below. Surveys for Harbison’s dun skipper adults were conducted to assess year to year variation in population size. Field visits were used to document use including plants used for nectar sources, as well as obtain non-lethal genetic samples. A rapid habitat assessment was conducted at each site which included general woodland tree species composition, condition of San Diego sedge plants, and recording potential threats to the Harbison’s dun skipper.

Project Data - Files

2016_HDS_HabitatAssessment.zip 7.24KB 2016 HDS Habitat Assessment Deliverable.xlsx 18.85KB

Project focus

Project type: Monitoring-Animals

Target species: Harbison's Dun Skipper

Target vegetation: oak woodland

Implementing entities

Investigator: Douglas Deutschman

Main implementing entity: San Diego State University, Department of Biology

Point of contact: Dan Marschalek

Study lead: Dan Marschalek

Files and Documents

2016 Rare Butterfly Management and Conservation Planning, Task 7: 2016 Harbison's Dun Skipper Flight Season Surveys

Author(s):Marschalek, Dan; Deutschman, Douglas