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1 March 2008 Logging Road Effects on Breeding-site Selection in Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) and Three Ambystomatid Salamanders in South-central Pennsylvania
David L. Chambers
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Abstract

This study examined possible effects of several abiotic parameters on breeding-pool selection of Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander), A. maculatum (Spotted Salamander), A. opacum (Marbled Salamander), and Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt). Twenty-four ephemeral pools and permanent ponds, all adjacent to a logging road, were observed in south-central Pennsylvania in 2006. There was a significant correlative effect of distance from the logging road on breeding-site selection. Specifically, the distance from the road significantly differed between the breeding-sites of Jefferson Salamanders and Red-spotted Newts and between those of Marbled Salamander and Red-spotted Newts with both ambystomatid species breeding farther from the road than Red-spotted Newts. This study supports the idea that ambystomatid salamander breeding-site selection can be influenced by habitat disturbance, while generalist species are not as easily influenced.

David L. Chambers "Logging Road Effects on Breeding-site Selection in Notophthalmus viridescens (Red-spotted Newt) and Three Ambystomatid Salamanders in South-central Pennsylvania," Northeastern Naturalist 15(1), 123-130, (1 March 2008). https://doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2008)15[123:LREOBS]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 March 2008
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