Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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

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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

  • 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: Night-Time Amphibian Road Surveys
  • Start Date: 1991-04-15
  • End Date: 1995-07-01
  • Description: Inventory study area, monitor seasonal abundance of species and identify breeding site locations.

  • Purpose: Conduct night time road surveys

  • Condensed Title:

  • Object Name: VMC.349.435

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: 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

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

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Year
    • Label: Year
    • Description: The year in which the survey was conducted
    • Storage Type: date
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY
    • Number Type: -1
    Attribute Name: Species
    • Label: Species
    • Description: Species detected during night-time road survey
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    • String Format: D-M-YY
    • Number Type: -1
    Attribute Name: # per NTRS
    • Label: Number per night-time road survey
    • Description: The number of each species detected during a night-time road survey
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Number Type: rational

Methods

  • Past Methods (no longer in use)
    • Night-time road surveys
      • Started: 1991-04-15
        Ended: 1995-07-01
      • Method Description: 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

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Roads in Underhill Center, Vermont

  • Minimum Altitude: 1000 feet

  • Maximum Altitude: 2000 feet