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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Main Authors: Bodinof Jachowski, CM, Ross, BE, Hopkins, WA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2020-02-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v41/p167-181/