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Inventory Methods for Plethodontid Salamanders Standards for Components of British Columbia's Biodiversity No. 36 Prepared for:
March 1, 1999 |
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Table of Contents
2.1 Clouded Salamander (Aneides ferreus)
2.2 Western Redback Salamander (Plethodon vehiculum)
2.3 Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii)3.1 Sampling Standards
GLOSSARY3.1.1 Habitat Data Standards
3.2 Inventory Surveys
3.1.2 Marking and Identification
3.1.3 Measurements
3.1.4 Voucher Specimens
3.1.5 Permits
3.1.6 Survey Design Hierarchy
3.3 Presence/Not detected3.3.1 Time-Constrained Searches (TCSs)
3.4 Relative Abundance
3.3.2 Transect Searches
3.3.3 Night Driving (for E. eschscholtzii only)3.4.1 Quadrat Sampling
3.5 Absolute Abundance
3.4.2 Transect Sampling (for elevational or habitat gradients)
3.4.3 Transect Sampling (for A. ferreus)
3.4.4 Pitfall Trapping
3.4.5 Artificial Cover Objects (ACOs)
List of Figures
Figure 1. A symbolic coding scheme for toe-clipping terrestrial salamanders.
Figure 2. RIC species inventory survey hierarchy with examples.
Figure 3. Construction of a pitfall trap and drift fence array for terrestrial salamanders.
List of Tables
Table 1. Salamanders of British Columbia.
Table 2. Summary of sampling methods.
Table 4. RIC objectives and analysis methods for presence/not detected data.
Table 5. RIC objectives and analysis methods for relative abundance data.
