Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Central latitude: 35.000000
Central longitude: -83.500000
Duration: 15 years, from 1976 to 1990

60 records

4 distinct species

Across the time series Desmognathus aeneus is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Identical observations conducted 1-4 times per year for 15-20 years at two locations in the southern Appalachians have yielded quantitative data on populations of six species of salamanders. Although the numbers have fluctuated for various reasons there has been no trend in the numbers of any of the species. The world-wide decline of amphibian populations has not occurred in the two localities studied.Please refer to the methodological summary near each graph on the following web page http://www.unc.edu/~rhwiley/salamandertrends/ The number of salamanders observed in a 1.5 hour search from the creek southward up the slopes 150 m (average of two trips in September each year). Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Wiley, R. H. “Population estimates of Appalachian salamanders”. Coweeta LTER. Available at: http://coweeta.uga.edu/eml/1044.xml, accessed 2016.