Reference |
Maerz, John.2001. Protocols for Studies of Woodland Salamander Populations. Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. pg. 1-24. |
Abstract |
The protocols in this manual are used to study woodland salamander populations in terrestrial habitats in New York and Pennsylvania. Currently, these protocols are used to study the impact of non-indigenous plant and earthworm invasions on woodland salamander populations; so, I use materials and data from those studies to illustrate different tasks. This manual only covers procedures used to monitor and measure salamander fitness or abundance. This manual does not describe the methods I used to characterize different environments, such as forest tree composition and coverage, understory vegetation composition and coverage, leaf litter depth and coverage, and soil pH. I use standard measurements and methods described by Brower et al. (1998). I do describe two procedures for measuring invertebrate communities and abundance that coincide with monitoring salamander diets and include one measure of leaf litter availability. All the procedures covered in this manual are approved by the Cornell University Center for Research Animal Resources and comply with institutional and federal regulations regarding the human use of vertebrates in research (Protocol 00-62). |
Tag |
Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) |
Objective |
Population Estimates |
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