Evaluating artificial shelter arrays as a minimally invasive monitoring tool for the hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis are critically imperiled amphibians throughout the eastern USA. Rock-lifting is widely used to monitor hellbenders but can severely disturb habitat. We asked whether artificial shelter occupancy (the proportion of occupied shelters in an array) would function...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2020-02-01
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Series: | Endangered Species Research |
Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v41/p167-181/ |