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Ecology and distribution of the Florida bog frog and flatwoods salamander on Eglin Air Force Base
… of the Florida bog frog (Rana okaloosae) and flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) on Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida. I report data on the breeding ecology, population dynamics, home ranges, microhabitat, and distribution of the endemic bog frog and make comparisons to its …
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Natural History and Ecology of the Flatwoods Salamander, <em>Ambystoma cingulatum</em> on the Atlantic Coastal Plain
<p>The flatwoods salamander <em>Ambystoma cingulatwn</em> was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1999. Very little still remains known about the natural history and ecology of this species and most recent studies have focused primarily on Florida <em>A. …
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Amphibian and reptile conservation in a changing environment: Case studies from the southeastern United States
… work is focused on two species, the Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) and the Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) both of which are listed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. Chapter 1 used Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data to measure wetland bathymetry (basin …
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On the use of demographic models to inform amphibian conservation and management: A case study of the reticulated flatwoods salamander
The Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander, Ambystoma bishopi, is an inhabitant of longleaf pine forests in the southeastern United States. Historically distributed across southern Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida panhandle west of the Apalachicola-Flint Rivers, the range of this species has been …
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Vegetation Ecology and Fire Effects on Community Structure, Composition, and Diversity in a Barrens Remnant and a Flatwoods in Southern Illinois
… at MVF increase in diversity included typical flatwoods species and ruderal taxa. Changes among species at GCB included a trend towards greater dominance of C3 graminoid species compared to the former dominance of C4 species. Decline in C4 grasses occurred at both the fire-treatment and control …
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Site Preparation Methods For Restoration Of Non-native Pasturelands To Native Upland Habitat
The flatwoods ecosystem of Florida has been heavily depleted over time but remains one of the most important systems to many threatened and endangered species. Areas that have been converted into non-native pastures may be restored to provide not only this invaluable ecosystem but also restore …
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The Effects of Climate Change and Long-term Fire Suppression on Ephemeral Pond Communities in the Southeastern United States
… United States, ephemeral wetlands in pine flatwoods provide important habitat for amphibians and aquatic invertebrates, but extensive deforestation has destroyed or isolated many wetlands and fire suppression has altered vegetation in others. My goals were to identify how wetland …
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Analysis of Hydric Pine Flatwood Ephemeral Pool Macroinvertebrate and Crustacean Assemblages Along a Temporal and Spatial Gradient From a Hypothesized Colonial Source
… wetlands within the Flint Pen Strand hydric pine flatwoods mimics those for invasion of isolated islands in the world's oceans. Species invasion is rapid by active dispersers and slightly slower by passive dispersers. Colonization is dependent upon distance to the recipient islands, both spatially …
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Coarse Root Biomass and Architecture: Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar
… scrub-oak ecosystem, or a Florida longleaf pine flatwoods ecosystem. GPR appears to have difficulty with root structures near the surface, as it is not able to reliably separate these structures from the soil-air interface.</p> <p>Post-experimental disturbance effects were examined in a Florida …
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Geochemical investigations of the late early Cambrian extinctions
… speciation and mercury content analyses from the Flatwoods Member within the stratigraphic interval tentatively linked to the olenellid extinction suggest the occurrence of transient local euxinic (anoxic, sulfidic) conditions. These findings give support to the volcanic greenhouse scenario that …
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Ecology of Two Rare Amphibians of the Gulf Coastal Plain
… okaloosae) (Chapter 1, 2, and 3) and Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) (Chapter 5), that are both restricted to the Northern Gulf Coastal Plain. Further, for R. okaloosae I examined the influence of a sympatric congener, Bronze Frog (R. clamitans clamitans), on microhabitat …
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Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Diversity of Pitcher Plant Bogs in Georgia's Coastal Plain
… three different level IV ecoregions (Sea Island Flatwoods, Tifton Uplands, and Atlantic Southern Loam Plains) were chosen for floristic study and tissue samples taken for DNA barcode sequencing. A total of 290 individuals were collected (43 families; 98 genera; and 179 species), of which 254 were …
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Managing disturbance in the longleaf pine ecosystem: effects of managed fire regime characteristics on fire hazard and community ecology at multiple spatial scales
… fire behavior on frequently burned mesic pine flatwoods in northern Florida. Compared to single dormant season burns, single growing season burns caused no changes to live understory fuels and had no detectable effect on fire behavior. Shrub coverage and predicted fire behavior were, however, …
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Physical and Hydrologic Responses of an Intensively Managed Loblolly Pine Plantation to Forest Harvesting and Site Preparation
… wetland delineation are complex in the wet pine flatwoods.
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The ecology of congeneric resprouters and reseeders (Hypericum spp.) along fire-frequented pine savanna ecoclines
Resprouting and reseeding shrubs are predicted to be restricted to habitats with long and short return intervals of natural disturbances, respectively. Nonetheless, resprouters and reseeders co-occur along Gulf of Mexico coastal ecoclines where lightning-ignited fires were historically frequent. In …