Effects of Timber Harvesting on Southern Appalachian Salamanders

Petranka, James W.; Eldridge, Matthew E.; Haley, Katherine E.

doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1993.07020363.x

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“…deMaynadier and Hunter [118] found more than a threefold difference in amphibian abundance between control sites and clear-cuts. Salamanders in particular seem to be more sensitive to clear-cutting than other amphibian groups, and plethodontids experience some of the greatest population declines [118,119,121]. Recently harvested riparian forests may pose ecological traps for migrating salamanders, due to exposed conditions that could subject salamanders to heat and desiccation, reducing survival [69,111,119].…”

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“…Recently harvested riparian forests may pose ecological traps for migrating salamanders, due to exposed conditions that could subject salamanders to heat and desiccation, reducing survival [69,111,119]. In southern Appalachian riparian forests, timber harvest can result in reduced leaf litter mass, depth, and moisture, and the elimination of canopy cover can increase soil temperature while decreasing surface soil moisture [111,121]. Timber harvest in Pacific Northwest riparian forests can increase stream temperatures, impacting cold-adapted stream amphibians, and restrict movement [65,122].…”

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“…Clear-cut areas may also contain a lower percent cover of CWD and leaf litter [119]. In addition to decreased abundances, species richness tends to be lower in clear-cut plots compared to control sites [84,121]. Grialou et al [119] noted that Columbia torrent salamanders and Pacific giant salamanders were absent from clear-cut areas.…”

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Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Salamanders in Riparian Forests: A Review

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Anderson

2014

Forests

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Salamanders and riparian forests are intimately interconnected. Salamanders are integral to ecosystem functions, contributing to vertebrate biomass and complex food webs in riparian forests. In turn, these forests are critical ecosystems that perform many environmental services, facilitate high biodiversity and species richness, and provide habitat to salamander populations. Due to the global decline of amphibians, it is important to understand, as thoroughly and holistically as possible, the roles of environmental parameters and the impact of human activities on salamander abundance and diversity in riparian forests. To determine the population responses of salamanders to a variety of environmental factors and anthropogenic activities, we conducted a review of published literature that compared salamander abundance and diversity, and then summarized and synthesized the data into general patterns. We identify stream quality, leaf litter and woody debris, riparian buffer width, and soil characteristics as major environmental factors influencing salamander populations in riparian forests, describe and explain salamander responses to those factors, and discuss the effects of anthropogenic activities such as timber harvest, prescribed fires, urbanization, road construction, and habitat fragmentation. This review can assist land and natural resource managers in anticipating the consequences of human activities and preparing strategic conservation plans. OPEN ACCESSForests 2014, 5 2680

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Section: Timber Harvestmentioning

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Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Influencing Salamanders in Riparian Forests: A Review

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Anderson

2014

Forests

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“…In recent years, however, numerous studies of the effects of forest management practices on amphibian populations have been conducted, primarily on populations of terrestrial salamanders (Bennett et al 1980;Pough et al 1987;Ash 1988;Petranka et al 1993;1994;Chazal and Niewiarowski 1998;DeMaynadier and Hunter 1998;Harpole and Haas 1999;Herbeck and Larsen 1999;Grialou et al 2000;Hanlin et al 2000). Still, little information exists about such potential problems as the effects of fire suppression or prescribed fires (but see Russell et al 1999), plantation forestry including ditching and bedding, or road construction and increased traffic volume on existing roads (Means et al 1996;Gibbs 1998).…”

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“…Although many studies have shown negative effects of anthropogenic disturbances on woodland salamanders, such as timber harvest and tree canopy removal, (Petranka et al, 1993;Ash and Bruce, 1994;Ash, 1997;Herbeck and Larsen, 1999;Hocking et al, 2013), some research has shown the potential ameliorating effects of retaining coarse woody debris (CWD), which functions as moist refugia (Moseley et al, 2004;Patrick et al, 2006;Rittenhouse et al, 2008;Kluber et al, 2009). At fine spatial scales, woodland salamanders occupy spatially and temporally variable microhabitats such as leaf litter, rocks, and downed wood.…”

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