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Distribution and Abundance of Predators that Affect
Duck Production: Prairie Pothole Region

Appendix

Table 5. Annual percentage of searched quarter sections in study areas in the prairie pothole region where tracks of specified carnivore species were found one or more times during two searches for tracks in April-June 1983-88.

Areaa Years Searched
Quarter
Sections (N)		 Percent of Quarter Sections with Tracks
Coyote Gray Wolf Red Fox Raccoon Striped Skunk Badger Mink
Canada
Alberta
Gayford 1985 40 88 0 0 0 13 30 0
Hay Lakes* 1983 40 100 0 7 0 67 0 0
1984 40 100 0 0 0 60 0 0
Holden* 1983 40 100 0 7 2 65 5 0
Penhold* 1984 40 75 0 27 0 50 15 0
1985 38 84 0 26 0 39 0 0
Manitoba
Cartwright 1983 40 45 0 65 27 38 15 0
Moore Park* 1983 40 22 10 60 70 57 17 5
1984 39 72 0 44 18 38 10 0
Saskatchewan
Ceylon 1983 40 60 0 47 65 52 35 0
1984 39 64 0 56 51 54 28 5
Craik 1984 39 54 0 64 26 87 5 3
1985 40 57 0 92 35 90 0 0
Denzil 1984 40 47 0 88 0 85 7 0
1985 40 22 0 97 0 82 2 0
Earl Grey* 1985 40 95 0 38 17 45 5 0
Goodwater 1983 40 38 0 45 32 52 32 0
Hanley* 1983 40 100 0 20 7 75 30 0
1984 39 92 0 21 8 82 18 0
1985 40 100 0 30 10 70 10 0
Inchkeith* 1984 39 95 0 69 49 62 41 0
1985 40 82 0 77 63 63 40 0
Leask* 1984 40 97 0 27 2 80 38 0
1985 40 97 0 38 5 63 20 0
Shamrock 1983 39 82 0 31 15 49 38 0
1984 40 88 0 30 22 57 35 0
1985 40 65 0 35 13 20 27 0
Yorkton* 1985 40 100 0 5 80 63 5 0
United States
Minnesota
Hawley* 1987 36 0 0 89 86 42 3 50
1988 31 0 0 100 68 58 0 61
Hitterdal* 1988 33 0 0 97 88 61 0 55
Lake Park* 1987 35 0 0 97 94 51 6 43
1988 33 0 0 100 94 64 3 67
Montana
Morganb 1983 36 14(31) 0 17(35) 0(9) 69(87) 53(71) -c
Plentywoodb 1983 19 42(59) 0 58(74) 16(30) 95(100) 74(97) -c
North Dakota
Courtenay 1988 36 3 0 100 75 53 14 22
Eldrige 1987 36 42 0 86 69 44 22 0
1988 33 27 0 88 52 36 21 3
Fredonia 1987 34 47 0 35 56 47 15 9
1988 36 47 0 53 72 64 31 39
Jud 1987 36 67 0 81 86 39 31 28
1988 32 75 0 53 72 47 31 13
Kulm 1988 36 47 0 81 75 31 28 28
Litchville 1987 36 0 0 97 75 81 6 17
1988 35 0 0 100 66 49 23 34
Plazab 1983 39 5(22) 0 69(85) 55(80) 36(62) 18(29) -c
Sharonb 1983 40 0(17) 0 88(100) 40(61) 70(87) 17(28) -c
Streeterb 1983 40 47(64) 0 57(74) 65(94) 42(67) 82(100) -c
South Dakota
Hosmerb 1983 40 7(25) 0 42(60) 35(55) 44(67) 17(28) -c
Madisonb 1983 40 2(20) 0 45(62) 67(98) 5(39) 22(34) -c
Parkstonb 1983 34 9(26) 0 59(75) 79(100) 47(70) 50(68) -c

aStudy areas denoted with an asterisk (*) are in the aspen parkland, all others are in the prairie.
bA single track search was conducted during May or late June. Values in parenthesis are estimated percentages of searched quarter sections in which tracks would have been found had two searches been conducted and are based on correlations of data from twice-searched study areas.
cNo data available.

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