Telemetry of the lizard species Gambelia sila at Carrizo Plain National Monument
cj lortie
Taylor Noble
Mario Zuliani
Michael F. Westphal
Emmeleia Nix
Nargol Ghazian
Malory Owen
H. Scott Butterfield
Jenna Braun
10.6084/m9.figshare.8239667.v2
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Telemetry_of_the_lizard_species_Gambelia_sila_at_Carrizo_Plain_National_Monument/8239667
<p>At Carrizo National Monument, California, USA (35.1914<sup>0</sup>N, 119.7929<sup>0</sup>W) within the San Joaquin Desert, a 5 km<sup>2 </sup>was identified for ecological research. This site was comprised of a foundation shrub species Mormon tea, <i>Ephedra californica</i>, other mixed annual and perennial vegetation, and was occupied by the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, <i>Gambelia sila</i>. For three years from 2016-2018, up to 30 individual lizards were tracked using telemetry each summer when this species was primarily active. Small VHF radio transmitters were attached to individuals (Holohil model BD‐2, frequency 151–152 MHz) and were relocated using a 3‐element Yagi antenna with a Model R‐100 telemetry receiver (Communications Specialists, Inc., Orange, CA, USA). Each instance was geotagged to within 5m, and specific ecological elements of habitat including shrub or open canopy microsites and micro-topography were recorded. A total of 3553 relocations were recorded, and only 6 outlier relocation data points outside the 5km<sup>2 </sup>study area were excluded. At each sampling instance, the association of the individual animal was also coded as shrub or open defined as within 5 m of a visible shrub estimated using a laser rangefinder - Bushnell Outdoor Products, Overland Park, KS, USA and as above or belowground.</p>
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telemetry
California
desert
habitat use
relocations
shrubs
Gambelia sila
Ephedra californica
habitat models
Animal Behaviour