Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Amphibian Monitoring at the Lye Brook Wilderness and Mt. Mansfield: General Inventory of Amphibians

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

Abstract

    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.

People

  • James Andrews: Principal Investigator

  • Stephen Trombulak: Content Provider

  • Kristianne G. Tolgyesi: Content Provider

  • Katherine Wright: Content Provider

  • Erin Talmage: Content Provider

Keywords

  • abundance, amphibians, populations,

Organizations

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

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.0372, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 43.0303
    • -72.827737, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 44.542052
    • -73.0372, 43.0303

Data Table

  • Title: General Inventory of Amphibians
  • Start Date: 1991-04-15
  • End Date: 1996-12-31
  • Description: Active surveys of selected sites to establish species presence/absence in habitats not represented by other survey methods.

  • Purpose: Collect data from general observations, accidental observations and night time visits to selected sites.

  • Condensed Title:

  • Object Name: VMC.349.436

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: James Andrews. 1996. General Inventory of Amphibians. 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/general-inventory-amphibians

  • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/amphibian-monitoring-lye-brook-wilderness-mt/dataset/general-inventory-amphibians

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Methods

  • Past Methods (no longer in use)
    • Site checks
      • Started: 1991-04-15
        Ended: 1996-12-31
      • Method Description: Site checks are more spatially dispersed, opportunistic visits to survey species not captured by other methods.

    • Active searches
      • Started: 1991-04-01
        Ended: 1996-12-31
      • Method Description: Active searches involves visiting a localized area and turning over rocks and logs to identify amphibians.The number of individuals of each species found in a given area per time were recorded to provide a rough measure of species relative abundance

    • Night visits
      • Started: 1991-04-01
        Ended: 1996-12-31
      • Method Description: Night time visits are made to selected sites to hear the calls. Time of year and weather conditions chosen to locate species not located using other methods

    • Opportunistic observations
      • Started: 1996-12-31
        Ended: 1996-12-31
      • Method Description: Accidental discoveries are recorded when a species is found that was not the target of another survey technique

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Mount Mansfield, Vermont

  • Minimum Altitude: 1200 feet

  • Maximum Altitude: 3900 feet

  • Site Description: Lye Brook Wilderness Area

  • Minimum Altitude: 800 feet

  • Maximum Altitude: 2700 feet