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Amphibian Monitoring at the Lye Brook Wilderness and Mt. Mansfield: Night-Time Amphibian Road Surveys

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    The Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project collects and disseminates data needed to make informed recommendations regarding the state status, state rank, and conservation of Vermont’s reptiles and amphibians.

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  • James Andrews: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

  • Stephen Trombulak: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Kristianne G. Tolgyesi: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Katherine Wright: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Erin Talmage: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

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  • amphibians, populations,

Organizations

  • Vermont Monitoring Cooperative : funder
  • Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas : lead
  • Middlebury College : partner

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  • dataset_eml_locationcords
    • -73.0372, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 43.0303

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  • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Night-Time Amphibian Road Surveys
  • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1991-04-15
  • dataset_eml_datatableendate: 1995-07-01
  • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Inventory study area, monitor seasonal abundance of species and identify breeding site locations.

  • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Conduct night time road surveys

  • dateset_eml_datatableshortname:

  • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.349.435

  • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
  • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: James Andrews. 1996. Night-Time Amphibian Road Surveys. Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/amphibian-monitoring-lye-brook-wilderness-mt/dataset/night-time-amphibian-road-surveys

  • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/amphibian-monitoring-lye-brook-wilderness-mt/dataset/night-time-amphibian-road-surveys

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    dataset_eml_attributelistname: Year
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Year
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: The year in which the survey was conducted
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: date
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: datetime
    • dataset_eml_attributelistformatstring: YYYY
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: -1
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: Species
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Species
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Species detected during night-time road survey
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistformatstring: D-M-YY
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: -1
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: # per NTRS
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Number per night-time road survey
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: The number of each species detected during a night-time road survey
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: interval
    • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.1
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: rational

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  • dataset_eml_methodsPast (dataset_eml_notInUse)
    • Night-time road surveys
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1991-04-15
        dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1995-07-01
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Night-time road surveys are done on rainy nights in early spring to identify all amphibians seen on roads and calling in the vicinity of roads. A constant speed of 10 mph is used to estimate abundance and location of breeding sites

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  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Roads in Underhill Center, Vermont

  • dataset_eml_siteCharacteristicsMinAlt: 1000 feet

  • dataset_eml_siteCharacteristicsMaxAlt: 2000 feet