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- Title
Breeding Pond Occupancy of the Ringed Salamander ( Ambystoma annulatum) in East-central Missouri.
- Authors
Crawford, John A.; Tunnage, Joshua A.; Wright, Eric M.
- Abstract
Ringed Salamanders are wetland-dependent amphibians that are regionally endemic to the Ozark Highlands and Ouachita Mountains. To assess the most important variables influencing breeding wetland use by Ringed Salamanders in east-central Missouri, we sampled a total of 38 wetlands during the fall 2010 breeding season. We found the presence of predatory fish was the most important variable determining whether Ringed Salamanders used a breeding wetland and that breeding wetlands were significantly associated with increased areas of continuous forest. These breeding habitat requirements can be used to aid in conservation efforts for this species as well as other fall-breeding ambystomatid salamanders.
- Subjects
OZARK Mountains; MISSOURI; RINGED salamander; ANIMAL breeding; PREDATORY animals
- Publication
American Midland Naturalist, 2017, Vol 178, Issue 1, p151
- ISSN
0003-0031
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1674/0003-0031-178.1.151