Terrestrial activity, abundance and species richness of amphibians in managed forests in South Carolina

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-83

  Hanlin, Hugh G ^a   Martin, F Douglas ^b   Wike, Lynn D ^a,b   Bennett, Stephen H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Nongame and Heritage Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033976429     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)143[0070:TAAASR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. BENNETT, S. H., J. W. GIBBONS AND J. GLANVILLE. 1980. Terrestrial activity, abundance and diversity of amphibians in differently managed forest types. Am. Midl. Nat., 103:412-416.
2. BLAUSTEIN, A. R. AND D. B. WAKE. 1990. Declining amphibian populations: a global phenomenon? Trends Ecol. Evol., 5:203-204.
3. BROWER, J. E., J. H. ZAR AND C. N. VON ENDE. 1990. Field and laboratory methods for general ecology, 3rd ed. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 237 p.
4. BURTON, T. M. AND G. E. LIKENS. 1975. Energy flow and nutrient cycling in salamander populations in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire. Copeia, 1975:541-546.
5. BURY, R. B. 1988. Habitat relationships and ecological importance of amphibians and reptiles, p. 66-67. In: K. J. Raedeke (ed.). Streamside management: riparian wildlife and forestry interactions. Contribution 59, Institute of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
6. _, H. W. CAMPBELL AND N. J. SCOTT. 1980. Role and importance of nongame wildlife, p. 197-207. In: D. L. Faith and J. R. Torres (eds.). Transactions 45th North American Wildlife Natural Resources Conference. Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, D.C.
7. _ AND P. S. CORN. 1988. Douglas-fir forests in the Oregon and Washington Cascades: relation of the herpetofauna to stand age and moisture, p. 11-22. In: R. C. Szaro, K. E. Severson and D. R. Patton (eds.). Management of amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-166.
8. CORN, P. S. 1994. Straight-line drift fences and pitfall traps, p. 109-117. In: W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek and M. S. Foster (eds.). Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: standard methods for amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 364 p.
9. _ AND R. B. BURY. 1991. Terrestrial amphibian communities in the Oregon Coast Range, p. 305-317. In: L. F. Ruggiero, K. B. Aubry, A. B. Carey and M. H. Huff (eds.). Wildlife and vegetation of unmanaged Douglas fir forests. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-285.
10. DEGRAAF, R. M. AND D. D. RUDIS. 1990. Herpetofaunal species composition and relative abundance among three New England forest types. For. Ecol. Manage., 32:155-165.
11. DEMAYNADIER, P. G. AND M. L. HUNTER, JR. 1995. The relationship between forest management and amphibian ecology: a review of the North American literature. Environ. Rev., 3:230-261.
12. DOBSON, A. P., J. P. RODRIGUEZ, W. M. ROBERTS AND D. S. WILCOVE. 1997. Geographic distribution of endangered species in the United States. Science, 275:550-553.
13. DUNSON, W. A., R. L. WYMAN AND E. S. CORBETT. 1992. A symposium on amphibian declines and habitat acidification. J. Herp., 26:349-352.
14. DUPUIS, L. A., J. N. M. SMITH AND F. BUNNELL. 1995. Relation of terrestrial-breeding amphibian abundance to tree-stand age. Conserv. Biol., 9:645-653.
15. FELLERS, G. M. AND C. A. DROST. 1994. Sampling with artificial cover, p. 146-150. In: W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek and M. S. Foster (eds.). Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: standard methods for amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 364 p.
16. FERNER, J. W. 1979. A review of marking techniques for amphibians and reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetological Circular 9. 41 p.
17. GIBBONS, J. W. 1988. The management of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals in North America: the need for an environmental attitude adjustment, p. 4-10. In: R. C. Szaro, K. E. Severson and D. R. Patton (eds.). Management of amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-166.
18. _ AND R. D. SEMLITSCH. 1982. Terrestrial drift fences with pitfall traps: an effective technique for quantitative sampling of animal populations. Brimleyana, 7:1-16.
19. _ AND R. D. SEMLITSCH. 1991. Guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 131 p.
20. GLADDEN, J. B., H. E. MACKEY, JR., V. A. ROGERS, P. R. JOHNSON, T. O. SMITH, D. STRAWBRIDGE, B. D. MCGEE, K. W. DRYER, D. C. MORRIS, K. K. MOORHEAD, L. F. BOONE AND S. R. MCMULLIN. 1992. Lost Lake/M-basin restoration reference guide. U.S. Department of Energy - Savannah River Field Office/Environmental and Laboratory Programs Division Publication, Aiken, South Carolina. 19 p.
21. GRANT, B. W., A. D. TUCKER, J. E. LOVICH, A. M. MILLS, P. M. DIXON AND J. W. GIBBONS. 1992. The use of coverboards in estimating patterns of reptile and amphibian biodiversity, p. 379-403. In: R. D. McCullough and R. H. Barrett (eds.). Wildlife 2001. Elsevier Science Publ., Inc., London, England.
22. _, K. L. BROWN, G. W. FERGUSON AND J. W. GIBBONS. 1994. Changes in amphibian biodiversity associated with 25 years of pine forest regeneration: implications for biodiversity management, p. 355-367. In: S. K. Majumdar, F. J. Brenner, J. E. Lovich, J. F. Schalles and E. W. Miller (eds.). Biological diversity: problems and challenges. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
23. MAGURRAN, A. E. 1988. Ecological diversity and its measurement. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 179 p.
24. MARGALEF, R. 1958. Information theory in ecology. Gen. Syst., 3:36-71.
25. MITCHELL, J. C., S. C. RINEHART, J. F. PAGELS, K. A. BUHLMANN AND C. A. PAGUE. 1997. Factors influencing amphibian and small mammal assemblages in central Appalachian forests. For. Ecol. Manage. 96:65-76.
26. ORNES, W. H., T. V. YOUNGBLOOD, H. E. MACKEY AND R. S. RILEY. 1996. Changes in vegetation over a four year period following the cleanup and restoration of Lost Lake, a Carolina bay on the Savannah River Site, Aiken County, SC. (Abstr.). Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting, The Association of Southeastern Biologists. ASB Bull., 43:157.
27. PATTERSON, K. 1978. Life history patterns of paedogenic populations of the mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum. Copeia, 1978:649-655.
28. PECHMANN, J. H. K., D. E. SCOTT, J. W. GIBBONS AND R. D. SEMLITSCH. 1989. Influence of wetland hydroperiod on diversity and abundance of metamorphosing juvenile amphibians. Wetl. Ecol. Manage., 1:3-11.
29. _, D. E. SCOTT, R. D. SEMLITSCH, J. P. CALDWELL, L. J. VITT AND J. W. GIBBONS. 1991. Declining amphibian populations: the problem of separating human impacts from natural fluctuations. Science, 253:892-895.
30. PETRANKA, J. W., M. P. BRANNON, M. E. HOPEY AND C. K. SMITH. 1994. Effects of timber harvesting on low elevation populations of southern Appalachian salamanders. For. Ecol. Manage., 67:135-147.
31. PIELOU, E. C. 1969. An introduction to mathematical ecology. Wiley-Interscience, New York. 286 p.
32. POUGH, F. H., E. M. SMITH, D. H. RHODES AND A. COLLAZO. 1987. The abundance of salamanders in forest stands with different histories of disturbance. For. Ecol. Manage., 20:1-9.
33. RAPHAEL, M. G. 1988. Long-term trends in abundance of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals in Douglas-fir forests of northwestern California, p. 23-31. In: R. C. Szaro, K. E. Severson and D. R. Pattern (eds.). Management of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-166.
34. REED, P. B., JR. 1988. National list of plant species that occur in wetlands: Southeast (Region 2). U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 88(26.2). 124 p.
35. SCHALLES, J. F., R. R. SHARITZ, J. W. GIBBONS, G. J. LEVERSEE AND J. N. KNOX. 1989. Carolina bays of the Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina. National Environmental Research Park Program Publication, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. SRO-NERP-18. 70 p.
36. SCOTT, N. J., JR. 1994. Complete species inventories, p. 78-84. In: W. R. Heyer, M. A. Donnelly, R. W. McDiarmid, L. C. Hayek and M. S. Foster (eds.). Measuring and monitoring biological diversity: standard methods for amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 364 p.
37. SHANNON, C. E. 1948. The mathematical theory of communication. Bell Syst. Tech. Jour., 27:379-423, 623-656.
38. SHARITZ, R. R. AND J. W. GIBBONS. 1982. The ecology of southeastern shrub bogs (pocosins) and Carolina bays: a community profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-82/04, Slidell, Louisiana. 93 p.
39. _, L. R. BORING, D. H. VAN LEAR AND J. E. PINDER III. 1992. Integrating ecological concepts with natural resource management of southern forests. Ecol. Appl., 2:226-237.
40. SIEGEL, W. C. 1995. America's forests: a vital economic resource. J. For., 93:3.
41. VITT, L. J., J. P. CALDWELL, H. M. WILBUR AND D. C. SMITH. 1990. Amphibians as harbingers of decay. Bioscience, 40:418.
42. WAKE, D. 1991. Declining amphibian populations. Science, 253:860.
43. WELSH, H. H. AND A. J. LIND. 1991. The structure of the herpetofaunal assemblage in the Douglas firhardwood forests of northern California and southwestern Oregon, p. 394-413. In: L. F. Ruggiero, K. B. Aubry, A. B. Carey and M. H. Huff (eds.). Wildlife and vegetation of unmanaged Douglas fir forests. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-285.
44. WIGLEY, T. B. AND T. H. ROBERTS. 1994. A review of wildlife changes in southern bottomland hardwoods due to forest management practices. Wetlands, 14:41-48.
45. WYMAN, R. L. AND J. JANCOLA. 1992. Degree and scale of terrestrial acidification and amphibian community structure. J. Herp., 26:392-401.