| Abstract: | Coincident with other amphibians around the world Aneides aeneus, a terrestrial plethodontid salamander, suffered a population collapse in a disjunct portion of its range in the mid-late 1970s. Long-term monitoring of seven historical green salamander populations throughout the 1990s showed a 98% decline in relative abundance since 1970. Three out of six populations first discovered in 1991 also crashed in 1996-1997. The synchronized suddenness of the declines, their region-wide impact, and effects on both small and larger populations, suggest the role of a novel agent of mortality beginning in the mid-late 1970s. Acting alone, but more likely in concert, habitat loss, overcollecting, epidemic disease and climate change could account for this region-wide decline. |
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| Citation Author: | Corser, J. D. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Biological Conservation |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Decline of disjunct green salamander (Aneides aeneus) populations in the southern appalachians; 2001; Article; Journal; Biological Conservation; Corser, J. D. |
| Citation Start Page: | 119 |
| Citation Volume: | 97 |
| Citation Year: | 2001 |
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| Text: | Decline of disjunct green salamander (Aneides aeneus) populations in the southern appalachians; 2001; Article; Journal; Biological Conservation; Corser, J. D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00106-3 |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 2001 00:00 -0600 |
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