Assessing Timber Rattlesnake Movements Near a Residential Development and Locating New Hibernacula in the New Jersey Pinelands. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3JH3M6H
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: United States State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)habitats; endangered species; animals; environmental monitoring; land use; development; snakes; timer rattlesnakes; Crotalus horridus; Evesham Township; New Jersey Pinelands; Pinelands
DescriptionA Pinelands timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) monitoring program was initiated in 2001 by the Pinelands Commission and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP). The objectives of the three-year study were to monitor timber rattlesnake movements in the vicinity of a partially constructed residential development in Evesham Township and to locate undocumented rattlesnake hibernacula throughout the Pinelands region. For the Evesham portion of the study, special consideration was given to the effectiveness of a fence and culvert system intended to direct the movements of timber rattlesnakes. Initial questions for the Evesham component of the study were: 1) How do the movement patterns of individual snakes vary before and after the construction of the residential development and the fence and culvert system, and 2) Does the fence and culvert system effectively direct rattlesnakes away from the development and toward forested areas? This report describes the methodology and results of the timber rattlesnake monitoring project for both the Pinelands-wide and Evesham components of the study.
Data Life Cycle Event(s) Type: Cataloging Date: 2008-07-18 00:00:00.0 Creator: Rebecca Allsopp
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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