Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests
Evan H. Campbell Grant,
Jillian Fleming,
Elizabeth Bastiaans
et al.
Abstract:Characterizing the population density of species is a central interest in ecology. Eastern North America is the global hotspot for biodiversity of plethodontid salamanders, an inconspicuous component of terrestrial vertebrate communities, and among the most widespread is the eastern red-backed salamander,
Plethodon cinereus
. Previous work suggests population densities are high with significant geographic variation, but comparisons among locations are challenged by lack of standardizati… Show more
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