Distribution and Abundance of Predators that Affect
Duck Production: Prairie Pothole Region
Appendix
Table 10. Average number of places per hour (observation rate) where one or more individuals of each mammalian predator species were seen in study areas in the prairie pothole region, 1983-88.a
| Areab | Year | Observer Hours | Observation rate (x103) | |||||||||
| Coyote | Red Fox | Raccoon | Striped Skunk | Badger | Mink | Weaselsc | Franklin's Ground Squirrel | |||||
| Canada | ||||||||||||
| Alberta | ||||||||||||
| Gayford | 1985 | 822 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hay Lakes* | 1983 | 888 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1984 | 1085 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Holden* | 1983 | 830 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Penhold* | 1984 | 762 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | 769 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manitoba | ||||||||||||
| Cartwright | 1983 | 586 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Moore Park* | 1983 | 774 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 61 | ||
| 1984 | 920 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||
| Ceylon | 1983 | 935 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 608 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Craik | 1984 | 606 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1985 | 636 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Denzil | 1984 | 870 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | 1084 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Earl Grey* | 1985 | 868 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Goodwater | 1983 | 825 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Hanley* | 1983 | 867 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 1984 | 852 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1985 | 1215 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Inchkeith* | 1984 | 624 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1985 | 813 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Leask* | 1984 | 1167 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1985 | 1403 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Shamrock | 1983 | 950 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 561 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | 547 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Yorkton* | 1985 | 1087 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| United States | ||||||||||||
| Minnesota | ||||||||||||
| Hawley* | 1987 | 859 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 718 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hitterdal* | 1988 | 1251 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lake Park* | 1987 | 875 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1988 | 731 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montana | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 1983 | 290 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plentywood | 1983 | 435 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| North Dakota | ||||||||||||
| Courtenay | 1988 | 469 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eldrige | 1987 | 932 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1988 | 286 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Fredonia | 1987 | 1456 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1988 | 776 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Jud | 1987 | 798 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1988 | 365 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kulm | 1988 | 1668 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Litchville | 1987 | 910 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1988 | 355 | 0 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Plaza | 1983 | 453 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Sharon | 1983 | 514 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Streeter | 1983 | 416 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| South Dakota | ||||||||||||
| Hosmer | 1983 | 431 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Madison | 1983 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Parkston | 1983 | 458 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
aA place is defined as 0.4 ha.
bStudy areas denoted with an asterisk (*) are in the aspen parkland,
all others are in the prairie.
cPredominantly long-tailed weasels but includes ermines.
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