Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Program at the ISU Been and North Woodruff Farms

Rachel Vanausdall; Stephen Dinsmore; Karen Kinkead; Paul Frese

Agricultural Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa, and BioCentury Research Farms

Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Program at the ISU Been and North Woodruff Farms

Authors: Rachel Vanausdall (Iowa State University) , Stephen Dinsmore (Iowa State University) , Karen Kinkead (Iowa Department of Natural Resources) , Paul Frese (Iowa Department of Natural Resources)

Abstract

The Iowa Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring (MSIM) program is a standardized statewide survey of Iowa’s wildlife with a goal of providing a basic inventory of wildlife species in Iowa. The program was developed in response to a concern regarding the lack of information on Iowa’s species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) listed in the Iowa Wildlife Action Plan. The two ISU farms sampled were the ISU Been (corn) Farm and ISU North Woodruff (soybean) Farm, each consisting of seven points arranged in a hexagonal shape 200 m apart.

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How to Cite: Vanausdall, R. , Dinsmore, S. , Kinkead, K. & Frese, P. (2018) “Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Program at the ISU Been and North Woodruff Farms”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports. 2017(1).