Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Conduct surveys for all SGCN, especially those that have knowledge gaps and are a research priority.
Northern Yellow Bat Dismal Swamp Southeastern Shrew
Bog Lemming Buxton Woods White-footed Deermouse
Rock Shrew Star-nosed Mole Southern Pygmy Shrew
3.7.8.2 Monitoring Monitoring involves repeated observation and recording of specific parameters to show trends over time. Long-term monitoring that includes statistical and quantitative analysis in the design is critical to assessing species and ecosystem health and gauging the resilience of organisms to changing conditions (Gitzen et al. 2012, Lindenmayer and Likens 2009) . Monitoring efforts should include identification of population trends, as well as assessment of impacts from conservation or development activities. These efforts will inform species and habitat management decisions. Long-term monitoring sites need to be identified and monitoring protocols developed for all priority species. Monitoring plans should be coordinated with other existing monitoring programs where feasible. Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats • Continue monitoring bat populations in the mountains with capture, roost, hibernacula, and acoustic methods. Continue using these monitoring programs statewide and ensure all bat monitoring is compliant with North American Bat (NABat) protocols. Gray Bat Hoary Bat Indiana Bat Little Brown Bat Northern Long-eared Bat Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat Silver-haired Bat Tricolored Bat Virginia Big-eared Bat • Continue monitoring of Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel populations using a variety of survey techniques (e.g. acoustic, den box, etc.) that provide an accurate assessment of conservation status. Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel • Monitor Southern Appalachian and Allegheny Woodrats based upon better understood distributions. Allegheny Woodrat Southern Appalachian Woodrat • Monitor all bat species affected by WNS.
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