Checklists: an under-used tool for the inventory and monitoring of plants and animals

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Bird checklist data collected over a 25-year period for the Etudes des Populations d'Oiseaux (EPOC) du Quebec program has been used to study the capacity of checklists to give reliable conservation, ecological and management information. Checklists can give reliable information about changes in bird populations on various scales and about phenology and climate geographic population patterns. Checklists are much used to classify observations of plants and animals in the field and can be useful to amateur groups as well as professional ones. They are less time consuming and expensive than some other resources. Large-scale changes in an entire community of species can be found by using checklists..

Methods, Usage, Measurement, Animal populations, Databases, Bird watching, Plant populations, Ecological surveys

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Plethodontid salamander response to silvicultural practices in Missouri ozark forests

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Data have been accumulated on plethodontid salamander densities in replanted areas with three forest age classes in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks, and it was found that salamander abundance went up slowly over time after regeneration of forests. Comparing recently regenerated forests with forests 70+ years old showed terrestrial salamanders were very few in number when mature forests are intensively harvested, perhaps the result of unavailability of microhabitat. To sustain ecosystem integrity while maximizing economic yield, management decisions must take into account the salamanders and their abundance and responses to forest structural diversity.

Missouri, Research, Lumber industry, Logging, Ozark Mountains, Forest ecology, Plethodontidae, Plethodontid salamanders

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A case for using plethodontid salamanders for monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem integrity of North American forests

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The ecological, life history, and statistical arguments for the inclusion of terrestrial salamanders, which have unique attributes that make them excellent candidates for monitoring forest eco systems is presented. It is concluded that the measurement of plethodontid salamander abundance and species diversity provides a logical, cost-effective metric for monitoring the ecosystem integrity and related biodiversity of North American forestlands.

Management dynamics, North America, Management, Company business management, Ecosystems

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