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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE BERKELEY z DAVIS z IRVINE z LOS ANGELES z MERCED z RIVERSIDE z SAN DIEGO z SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA z SANTA CRUZ CENTER FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA 92521-0122 CITRUS RESEARCH CENTER AND AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION TEL: 951-827-5484; FAX: 951-827-4625 Inland Ecosystems of California: Resource Assessment Program Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Monitoring Program FINAL Report to: California Department of Fish & Game County of Riverside 4/May/2005 Michael F. Allen, Director John Rotenberry, Associate Director Thomas Scott, Associate Director Ken Halama, Project Coordinator Kristine Preston, WRC MSHCP Project Manager Cooperating Faculty Myong-Bok Li Brandon Mutrux Edith Allen Adam Malisch Orlay Plummer Bai-Lian Li Senanu Pearson Nanette Pratini Richard Minnich Susanna Peluc Tom Prentice Richard Redak Kim Oldehoft Tim Redman Andrew Sanders Allison Rudaleveige (Pettis) Vanessa Rivera Del Rio Laurel Salzman Veronique Rorive Post-Doctoral Research Ginny Short Marisa Sripracha Associates Greg Smith Tracy Tennant Xiongwen Chen Robert Steers Chris True Wendy Hodges Andrew Stoehr Monica Swartz Undergraduate Students Research Staff and Associates Lonnie Bachor Graduate Students Michael Aspell Chris Glover Karen Bagne Roxanne Broadway Daniel Guy Cameron Barrows Patricia Brock Amber Holt Sharon Coe Jolene Cassano Emma Middlemiss Robert Cox Antonio Celis Melissa Mutrux Jill Deppe Kathleen Fleming Melissa Preston Laramy Enders Darrell Hutchinson Trinity Ryan Lori Hargrove Sheila Kee Nhi Huong Vu Jason Hlebakos Kristen Larsen Alexander Yun Anna Howell Eliza Maher Pey-Yi Lee Wendy Mello Final Report Inland Ecosystems of California: Resource Assessment Project TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Development of the Riverside County Monitoring Program............. i Synopsis of CCB Activities in WRC, 2003-2005.................................. iii Synopsis of CCB Activities in CV, 2002-2005...................................... iv Results and Recommendations to Date in the Design of Protocols and Monitoring Strategies........................................................................ v Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework and Methodology Background................................................................................................. 1-1 Community-Based Monitoring Approach............................................. 1-4 Occupancy Approach............................................................................... 1-9 Demonstrate Conservation Species........................................................ 1-10 Chapter 2 Time and Effort................................................................................................ 2-1 Chapter 3 Developing Niche Models with Partitioned Mahalanobis D2............ 3-1 Chapter 4 Species Occurrence Database and GIS Methodologies Overview..................................................................................................... 4-1 CCB Species Occurrence Database......................................................... 4-2 Niche Model Variables-Preparation of GIS Layers.............................. 4-4 Creation of Calibration Point Datasets................................................... 4-8 Creation of Map Point Dataset................................................................ 4-9 Extraction of GIS Environmental Variables to Calibration and Map Point Datasets................................................................................... 4-10 Model Runs.................................................................................................. 4-10 Chapter 5 Predicting Species Distributions: Niche Models for Covered Plant and Bird Species Introduction................................................................................................. 5-1 Methods........................................................................................................ 5-4 Results........................................................................................................... 5-7 Discussion.................................................................................................... 5-28 Chapter 6 Reptile Niche Models Introduction................................................................................................. 6-1 Methods........................................................................................................ 6-2 Results........................................................................................................... 6-5 Discussion.................................................................................................... 6-13 Chapter 7 Coastal Sage Scrub Community Niche Models Introduction................................................................................................. 7-1 Methods....................................................................................................... 7-3 Results.......................................................................................................... 7-8 Discussion.................................................................................................... 7-13 Final Report Inland Ecosystems of California: Resource Assessment Project Chapter 8 Spatial Structure of Multispecies Distributions in Southern California ........................................................................................................... 8-1 Chapter 9 Coastal Sage Scrub Community Monitoring Results Introduction.................................................................................................. 9-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 9-3 Results............................................................................................................ 9-8 Discussion..................................................................................................... 9-15 Chapter 10 Riparian Community Monitoring and Modeling Introduction.................................................................................................. 10-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 10-2 Results............................................................................................................ 10-7 Discussion..................................................................................................... 10-27 Chapter 11 Conceptual Models and the Monitoring Framework Introduction.................................................................................................. 11-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 11-5 Results............................................................................................................ 11-5 Discussion..................................................................................................... 11-6 Chapter 12 Demonstrate Conservation Species Introduction.................................................................................................. 12-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 12-1 Results............................................................................................................ 12-2 Discussion..................................................................................................... 12-2 Chapter 13 Rare Plant Species Introduction.................................................................................................. 13-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 13-1 Results............................................................................................................ 13-2 Discussion..................................................................................................... 13-2 Chapter 14 Burrowing Owls Introduction.................................................................................................. 14-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 14-1 Results............................................................................................................ 14-2 Discussion..................................................................................................... 14-2 Chapter 15 Raptors Introduction.................................................................................................. 15-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 15-2 Results............................................................................................................ 15-3 Discussion..................................................................................................... 15-3 Final Report Inland Ecosystems of California: Resource Assessment Project Chapter 16 Bird Recordings Introduction.................................................................................................. 16-1 Methods......................................................................................................... 16-3 Results (In Progress).................................................................................... 16-5 Justification...................................................................................................