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  1. Long-term partial cutting impacts on Desmognathus salamander abundance in West Virginia headwater streams

    To understand long-term impacts of partial cutting practices on stream-dwelling salamanders in the central Appalachians, we examined pooled abundance of Desmognathus fuscus and D. monticola salamanders (hereafter Desmognathus) in headwater streams located within long-term silvicultural research compartments on...

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    Author(s):
    Kurtis R. Moseley; W. Mark Ford; Thomas M. Schuler
    Year:
    2008
    Keywords:
    Best management practices, central Appalachians, Desmognathus, forest management, headwater streams, partial cutting, sedimentation
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management. 254: 300-307.

  2. Stand age and habitat influences on salamanders in Appalachian cove hardwood forests

    We surveyed cove hardwood stands aged 15, 25, 50, and ≥85 years following clearcutting in the southern Appalachian Mountains of northern Georgia to assess the effects of stand age and stand habitat characteristics on salamander communities using drift-fence array and pitfall methodologies from May 1994 to April 1995. Over a 60,060 pitfall trapnight effort, we...

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    Author(s):
    W. Mark Ford; Brian R. Chapman; Michael A. Menzel; Richard H. Odom
    Year:
    2002
    Keywords:
    Clearcutting, Cove hardwoods, Habitat connectivity, Salamanders, Southern Appalachians
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management 155:131-141

  3. Metagonimoides oregonensis (Heterophyidae:Digenea) Infection in pleurocerid snails and Desmognathus quadramaculatus salamander larvae in southern Appalachian streams

    Metagonimoides oregonensis (Heterophyidae) is a little-known digenetic trematode that uses raccoons and possibly mink as definitive hosts, and stream snails and amphibians as intermediate hosts. Some variation in the life cycle and adult morphology in western and eastern populations has been previously noted. In the southern Appalachians, Pleurocera snails and stream...

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    Author(s):
    Lisa K. Belden; William E. Peterman; Stephen A. Smith; Lauren R. Brooks; E.F. Benfield; Wesley P. Black; Zhaomin Yang; Jeremy M. Wojdak
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    helminth-parasites, green frogs, megalodiscus-temperatus, procyon-lotor, united-states, life-cycle, tadpoles, host, platyhelminthes, transmission
    Source:
    Journal of Parasitology. 98(4): 760-767

  4. Variable infection of stream salamanders in the southern Appalachians by the trematode Metagonimoides oregonensis (family: Heterophyidae)

    Many factors contribute to parasites varying in host specificity and distribution among potential hosts. Metagonimoides oregonensis is a digenetic trematode that uses stream-dwelling plethodontid salamanders as second intermediate hosts in the Eastern US. We completed a field survey to identify which stream salamander species, at a regional level, are most...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Jennie A. Wyderko; Ernest F. Benfield; John C. Maerz; Kristen C. Cecala; Lisa K. Belden
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    Desmognathus, Elima, Eurycea, Heterophyid, Plethodontidae
    Source:
    Parasitology Research

  5. Application of the Gompertz function in studies of growth in dusky salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus )

    Gompertz growth functions were fitted to skeletochronological data sets of three species of desmognathine salamanders from an assemblage (Wolf Creek) in the Cowee Mountains of southwestern North Carolina. The results were compared to earlier evaluations of growth in desmognathines from a nearby assemblage (Coweeta) in the Nantahala Mountains. In two of the species,...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Richard C. Bruce
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Gompertz Function, Dusky Salamanders, Plethodontidae Desmognathus
    Source:
    Copeia

  6. Effects of a Community Restoration Fire on Small Mammals and Herpetofauna in the Southern Appalachains

    As part of the Wine Spring Creek ecosystem management project on the Nantahala National forest, North Carolina, we assessed effects of a community restoration fire on small mammals and herpetofauna in the upper slope pitch pine (Pinus rigida) stands, neighboring midslope oak (Quercus spp.) stands and rhododendron (...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    William M. Ford; M. Alex Menzel; David W. McGill; Joshua Laerm; Timothy S. McCay
    Year:
    1999
    Keywords:
    communitry restoration, Herpetofauna, Pitch pine, Prescribed fire, small mammals
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management 114 (1999) 233-243

  7. Proximate contributions to adult body size in two species of Dusky Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus)

    I used skeletochronological data to evaluate the contributions of propagule size, larval/juvenile growth, and age at first reproduction to differences in adult body size in two species of plethodontid salamanders of the genus Desmognathus. The traits in question were evaluated in populations of the larger D. quadramaculatus and smaller D. monticola in the southern Blue...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Richard Bruce
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    Age, Body size, Desmognathus, Growth, Life history, Salamanders
    Source:
    Herpetologica 66(4):393-402

  8. Size-Mediated Tradeoffs in Life-History Traits in Dusky Salamanders

    Among salamanders of the genus Desmognathus, the larger species tend to be more aquatic and the smaller more terrestrial. I studied life histories in assemblages of Desmognathus in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina at sites in the Cowee and southern Nantahala Mountains. Traits evaluated included mortality/survival...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Richard C. Bruce
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    Dusky salamanders, Desmognathus, habitat gradient
    Source:
    Copeia. 2: 262-267

  9. Response of stream salamanders to experimental drought in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

    Droughts act as significant disturbances to freshwater animals and their ecosystems. Given the impending threat of more frequent and persistent droughts because of global climate change, the lack of data on the responses of many aquatic animals to drought is a cause for concern. This study examined the body condition of the most commonly detected species (

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Bryan Currinder; Kristen K. Cecala; Robert M. Northington; Michael E. Dorcas
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    amphibian, body condition, climate change, drought, ecological status, habitat management, stream
    Source:
    Environmental Entomology

  10. Characterization of the ecological requirements for three plethodontid salamander species

    Increased availability of habitat and climate data has facilitated much research concerning the influence of these characteristics on the structure of salamander communities. We aimed to outline environmental requirements influencing the distribution of three sympatric plethodontid salamander species, including Plethodon cinereus, Desmognathus ochrophaeus...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Jessica A. Wooten; William B. Sutton; Thomas K. Pauley
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 230.

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

    Forest management practices that mimic natural canopy disturbances, including prescribed fire and timber harvests, may reduce competition and facilitate establishment of favorable vegetative species within various ecosystems. Fire suppression in the central Appalachian region for almost a century has contributed to a transition from oak-dominated to more mesophytic,...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Kathleen R. Mahoney; Kevin R. Russell; W. Mark Ford; Jane L. Rodrigue; Jason D. Riddle; Thomas M. Schuler; Mary Beth Adams
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Plethodon ochrophaeus, Plethodon glutinosus, Plethodon cinereus, Timber harvest, Prescribed fire, Central Appalachians
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management. 359: 277-285.

  12. Woodland salamander response to two prescribed fires in the central Appalachians

    Using coverboard arrays, we monitored woodland salamanders on the Fernow Experimental Forest in the central Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia, USA prior to and following two prescribed fires in mixed oak (Quercus spp.) forest stands. Treatments were burn plots on upper slopes or lower slopes fenced to prevent white-tailed deer (Odocoileus...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    W. Mark Ford; Jane L. Rodrigue; Ella L. Rowan; Steven B. Castleberry; Thomas M. Schuler
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    Central Appalachians, Plethodontidae, Prescribed fire, Woodland salamander
    Source:
    Forest Ecology and Management. 260: 1003-1009.

  13. Salamander diversity alters stream macroinvertebrate community structure

    Summary

    1. Salamanders are abundant consumers in many fishless stream ecosystems, but few studies have explicitly examined their ecological role. Stream-dwelling salamander larvae are generalist predators of aquatic macroinvertebrates and may play an important role in structuring macroinvertebrate...
    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    S. Conor Keitzer; Reuben R. Goforth
    Year:
    2013
    Keywords:
    Amphibians, Desmognathus quadramaculatus, Erycea wilderae, multiple predator effects, salamanders
    Source:
    Freshwater Biology

  14. Life-history perspective of adaptive radiation in desmognathine salamanders

    This study investigates interspecific variation in age at first reproduction, fecundity, and body size in multispecies assemblages of desmognathine salamanders. The hypotheses tested are that interspecific differences in body size among desmognathines stem proximately from variation in age at first reproduction and that variation in the latter trait is positively...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Richard C. Bruce
    Year:
    1996
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Copeia. 4:783-790

  15. Reproductive allometry in three species of Dusky Salamanders

    Desmognathus comprises 21 currently recognized species of salamanders in eastern North America. Assemblages of 3–6 species occur in the Appalachian Mountains, wherein the larger species are more aquatic and the smaller more terrestrial. Adaptive divergence along the habitat gradient from stream to forest involves variation in such life-history traits as age and size at...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Richard C. Bruce
    Year:
    2014
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Copeia. 3: 419-427

  16. Multiple drivers, scales, and interactions influence southern Appalachian stream salamander occupancy

    Understanding how factors that vary in spatial scale relate to population abundance is vital to forecasting species responses to environmental change. Stream and river ecosystems are inherently hierarchical, potentially resulting in organismal responses to fine‐scale changes in patch characteristics that are conditional on the watershed context. Here, we...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Kristen K. Cecala; John C. Maerz; Brian J. Halstead; John R. Frisch; Ted L. Gragson; Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman; David S. Leigh; C. Rhett Jackson; James T. Peterson; Catherine M. Pringle
    Year:
    2018
    Keywords:
    Appalachian Mountains, , Blue Ridge, Desmognathus quadramaculatus, distribution, Eurycea wilderae, land use change, occupancy, riparian, salamander, scale
    Source:
    Ecosphere

  17. Dry creek long-term watershed study: buffer zone performance as viable amphibian habitat

    As bioindicators, amphibians typically require both terrestrial and aquatic habitats to complete their life cycles. Pre- timber-harvest monitoring (December 2002 through September 2003) of salamander and frog (Hylidae) populations was conducted in four watersheds of Decatur County, GA. Post- timber-harvest monitoring (December 2003 through September...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Brooke L. Talley; Thomas L. Crisman
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. pp. 396-399

  18. Elevation, aspect, and cove size effects on southern Appalachian salamanders

    Using museum collection records and variables computed by digital terrain modeling in a geographic information system, we examined the relationship of elevation, aspect, and "cove" patch size to the presence or absence of 7 common woodland salamanders in mature cove hardwood and northern hardwood forests in the southern Appalachians of Georgia, North Carolina...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    W. Mark Ford; Michael A. Menzel; Richard H. Odom
    Year:
    2002
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Southeastern Naturalist. 1(4): 315-324.

  19. Can the eastern red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) persist in an acidified landscape?

    Hardwood forests of eastern North America have experienced decades of acidic deposition, leading to soil acidification where base cation supply was insufficient to neutralize acid inputs. Negative impacts of soil acidity on amphibians include disrupted embryonic development, lower growth rates, and habitat loss. However, some amphibians exhibit intraspecific variation...

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/search?keywords=%22Desmognathus%22

    Author(s):
    Cheryl A. Bondi; Colin M. Beier; Peter K. Ducey; Gregory B. Lawrence; Scott Bailey
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    acidic deposition, generalist, local adaptation, northern hardwood forests, Plethodon cinereus, soil acidity, woodland salamanders
    Source:
    Ecosphere. 7(4): e01318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1318.
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