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Amphibians & Reptiles

Impacts of Wildfire Burn Severity on Plethodontid Salamander Populations of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Andrew J. Wilk; William E. Peterman

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Source: Herpetologica

Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests

Grant et al., 2024

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Source: Biology Letters

Population-level effects of prescribed fires on terrestrial salamanders

Ochs et al., 2024

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Influence of prescribed fire and forest structure on woodland salamander abundance in the central Appalachians, USA

Jacobsen et al., 2020

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Habitat-dependent responses of terrestrial salamanders to wildfire in the short-term

Graph showing two lines corresponding to changes in density of salamanders over 3 sampling periods. The top line slightly decreases and shows data from a burned site. The bottom line slightly increases and shows data from a control, or unburned, site.

Gade et al., 2019

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Reptile and amphibian response to season of burn in an upland hardwood forest

Map call-out from western North Carolina showing an array of sites that were either controls or treated with growing-season or dormant-season burns.

Greenberg et al., 2018

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Response of reptile and amphibian communities to the reintroduction of fire in an oak/hickory forest

Hromada et al., 2018

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Fire effects on wildlife in the central hardwoods and Appalachian regions, USA

Harper et al., 2016

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Source: Fire Ecology

Woodland salamander responses to a shelterwood harvest-prescribed burn silvicultural treatment within Appalachian mixed-oak forests

First page of publication includes title, abstract, and part of the introduction.

Mahoney et al., 2016

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Reptile and amphibian response to oak regeneration treatments in productive southern Appalachian hardwood forest

Figure 3 from the publication. A bar graph showing mean lizard species richness vs time for different plot treatments

Greenberg et al., 2016

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

Long distance Migrations, Landscape Use, and Vulnerability to Prescribed Fire of the Gopher Frog (Lithobates capito)

Image from scientific publication with lines showing frog migration laid over a black and white map.

Humphries & Sisson, 2012

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Source: Journal of Herpetology

Proceedings of the 4th Fire in Eastern Oak Forests Conference

Cover of the conference proceedings featuring title, photo of a controlled burn around a single pine tree, and USDA Forest Service Technical Report information.

Dey et al., 2011

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Source: General Technical Report NRS-P-102

Potential Positive Effects of Fire on Juvenile Amphibians in a Southern USA Pine Forest

Image from scientific publication, three photos of frogs with description below.

Brown et al., 2011

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Source: Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Response of Reptiles and Amphibians to Repeated Fuel Reduction Treatments

Matthews et al., 2010

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Source: Journal of Wildlife Management

Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest

First page of publication includes title, abstract, and part of the introduction.

Greenberg & Waldrop, 2008

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Source: Forest Ecology and Management

The Effects of Prescribed Burning and Thinning as Fuel Reduction Treatments on Herpetofauna in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

Cover of General Technical Report, "Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Souther Silvicultural Research Conference". Green background with white font.

Kilpatrick et al., 2004

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Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-71

On the Ecological Roles of Salamanders

Davic et al., 2004

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Source: Annual Reviews

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