An Evaluation of the Artificial Cover Object (ACO) Method for Monitoring Populations of Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus.
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- Monti, Laura
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - Hunter Jr., Malcolm
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine - Witham, Jack
Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Salamanders have been proposed as useful biological indicators of environmental change becuse of their abundance and sensitivity to habitat alteration and loss (Wyman and Hawksley-Lescault, 1987; de Maynader and Hunter, 1995). The redback salamander, Plethodon cinereus, may have particular value as an indicator species due to its broad range, high densities, and potential importance to the ecosystem in which it occurs (Wyman, 1998). The use of redback salamanders as a bioindicator species requires longterm techniques for monitoring their populations densities.
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