Description
In order to help guide the development of a forest management plan, a biological inventory of the amphibian and reptiles within the park and adjacent lands was conducted in 1999 and 2000. Amphibian spring migration to vernal pools were monitored using a drift fence and pitfall traps. Additionally, captures of small mammals were also recorded. Prior to the start of the 1999 amphibian breeding season, four, 30.5-meter long drift fences, each with 8 pitfall traps (consisting of two #10 cans attached end to end) buried along their length, were established at two different forested wetlands. Pitfall traps were typically opened on rainy days or when rain was expected overnight, and then checked the following morning.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 214 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Faccio S (2022): Amphibian Migration Monitoring at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP in Vermont, USA (1999-2000). v1.2. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=mabidriftfence&v=1.2
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vermont Center for Ecostudies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b4d30e1c-65a6-43a6-b0c5-526a414596b3. Vermont Center for Ecostudies publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Samplingevent
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Geographic Coverage
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, Vermont, USA
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [43.628, -72.545], North East [43.637, -72.529] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Frogs and Salamanders, small mammals
| Class | Amphibia (frogs and salamanders), mammalia (small mammals) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1999-04-01 / 2000-07-01 |
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Sampling Methods
Prior to the start of the 1999 amphibian breeding season, four, 30.5-meter long drift fences, each with 8 pitfall traps (consisting of two #10 cans attached end to end) buried along their length, were established at two different forested wetlands. Pitfall traps were typically opened on rainy days or when rain was expected overnight, and then checked the following morning. These two wetlands were targeted for drift fence sampling because of their relatively large size (ca. 1-acre each), their central location within the park, and their accumulations of sphagnum mosses and raised hummocks. These characteristics identified them as potential breeding habitats for several amphibian species including the rare and secretive Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum), a species listed as one of Special Concern in Vermont.
| Study Extent | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, Vermont, USA |
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| Quality Control | unknown |
Method step description:
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Bibliographic Citations
- Faccio, S. D., September 2001. Biological Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and Adjacent Lands. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/008. National Park Service. Woodstock, VT. https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/430046 https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/430046
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | b4d30e1c-65a6-43a6-b0c5-526a414596b3 |
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| https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=mabidriftfence |