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- Title
Burning Trends and Potential Negative Effects of Supressing Wetland Fires on Flatwoods Salamanders.
- Authors
Bishop, David C.; Haas, Carola A.
- Abstract
The federally threatened flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum Cope) inhabits fire-adapted longleaf pine (Pin us palustris Miller) flatwoods and savannas in the southeastern coastal plain. It breeds in ephemeral wetlands that typically dry during summer and refill in fall and winter, We collected data on burning trends of A. cingulatum habitat across the range of the species. Rangewide surveys indicate that prescribed fires typically are applied in winter and early spring. If prescribed fires are conducted primarily in winter, fires are unlikely to burn through water-filled wetlands, potentially affecting larval habitat. Based on what is known about the natural history of the species, the historical burning regime of the longleaf pine ecosystem, and the effects of fires on ephemeral wetlands, we suggest that land managers diversify their fire-management strategy to increase the likelihood of burning the breeding wetlands of flatwoods salamanders.
- Subjects
WETLANDS; AQUATIC resources; LANDFORMS; SALAMANDERS; HABITATS; ECOLOGY
- Publication
Natural Areas Journal, 2005, Vol 25, Issue 3, p290
- ISSN
0885-8608
- Publication type
Article