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Table of Contents

CIP Data

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Inventory Group

2.1 Natural History

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  2.1.1 Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
  2.1.2 Northwestern Salamander (Ambystoma gracile)
  2.1.3 Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum)
  2.1.4 Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)
  2.1.5 Great Basin Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus intermontanus)
  2.1.6 Western Toad (Bufo boreas)
  2.1.7 Pacific Treefrog (Hyla (=Pseudacris) regilla)
  2.1.8 Striped Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
  2.1.9 Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)
  2.1.10 Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens)
  2.1.11 Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa)
  2.1.12 Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)
  2.1.13 American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
  2.1.14 Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
  2.1.15 Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

2.2 Considerations for Inventory

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  2.2.1 Movements and behaviour
  2.2.2 Sensitivity to climatic conditions
  2.2.3 Complexity of life cycles
  2.2.4 Natural fluctuations
  2.2.5 Geographical distribution and habitat
  2.2.6 Where to look for amphibians

3. Protocols

3.1 Sampling Standards

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  3.1.1 Habitat Data Standards
  3.1.2 Time of survey
  3.1.3 Marking and Identification
  3.1.4 Measurements
  3.1.5 Collection and Voucher Specimens
  3.1.6 Equipment
  3.1.7 Survey Design Hierarchy

3.2 Inventory Surveys

3.3 Presence/Not detected

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  3.3.1 Auditory surveys
  3.3.2 Road surveys
  3.3.3 Time-constrained Search (TCS)
  3.3.4 Systematic Surveys

3.4 Relative Abundance

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  3.4.1 Auditory survey
  3.4.2 Systematic Surveys
  3.4.3 Larval surveys
  3.4.4 Capture - Amphibians
  (Pitfall traps, Funnel Traps, and Drift Fence/Trap Arrays)
  3.4.5 Capture - Painted Turtle (Floating Pitfall Traps)

3.5 Absolute Abundance

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  3.5.1 Larval Survey
  3.5.2 Mark Recapture

Glossary

Literature Cited

List of Figures

Figure 1. A symbolic coding scheme for toe-clipping.
Figure 2. Carapace of a painted turtle showing marking scheme (from Macartney and Gregory 1985).
Figure 3. RIC species inventory survey design hierarchy with examples.
Figure 4. Survey zones for the systematic (basic) pond survey (after Thoms and Corkran in Olson et al., 1997).
Figure 5. Search patterns for the systematic (basic) pond survey (after Thoms and Corkran, draft 1996).
Figure 6. Diagrams of some possible pitfall/drift fence array designs: A) after Campbell and Christman (1982); B) after Jones (1981); C) after Bury and Corn (1990); D) after Dalrymple (1988).

List of Tables

Table 1. Some biological features of the adult stages of fourteen pond-breeding amphibians and the Painted Turtle as related to considerations for inventory methods in British Columbia.
Table 2. Applicability of described herpetofauna inventory methods to individual species in the inventory group.
Table 3. Types of inventory surveys, the data forms needed, and the level of intensity of the survey.

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