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Effects of stand age, size, and juxtaposition on abundance of western redback salamanders (Plethodon vehiculum) in Coastal British Columbia
Northwest science., Vol.73(1), pp.27-33
1999
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/1163
Abstract
Terrestrial-breeding amphibians live at high densities, show strong site fidelity, and have relatively stable populations, long life spans, and high vulnerability to dehydration. These traits make them potentially useful indicators of effects of canopy removal during logging. We compared the relative abundance of western redback salamanders (Plethodon vehiculum) in old-growth and managed second-growth stands on Vancouver Island, and found significantly more individuals in old-growth stands. Salamanders were more abundant in larger stands of old growth, but showed no relationship with stand or patch size among mature second-growth stands. Managed stands contained more salamanders when old growth was adjacent. Juvenile:adult ratios within managed stands were significantly higher in stands not adjacent to old growth, suggesting poor survivorship to adulthood in younger stands
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- Title
- Effects of stand age, size, and juxtaposition on abundance of western redback salamanders (Plethodon vehiculum) in Coastal British Columbia
- Creators
- Linda A. Dupuis (Author)Fred L. Bunnell (Author)
- Publication Details
- Northwest science., Vol.73(1), pp.27-33
- Academic Unit
- Northwest Science
- Publisher
- WSU Press
- Identifiers
- 99900501838701842
- Copyright
- In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article