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North Carolina Herpetological Society
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The North Carolina Herpetological Society was founded in 1978 by a small group of individuals with a mutual interest in North Carolina herpetology.No publisherReptileHerpetologicalBog TurtleNGOAmphibiansEastern Box TurtleNonprofit organizationNorth CarolinaHerpetology2022/11/21 17:20:00 GMT-4Organization10,000th Hellbender Released to the Wild
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The Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are celebrating a historic milestone in hellbender conservation in Missouri. As of August 2022, the total Saint Louis Zoo-raised endangered Ozark and eastern hellbenders released into the wild since 2008 now numbers over 10,000 individuals.No publisherHellbenderAdditional ResourcesUSFWSNews & EventsWildlife ConservationAquaticsWLFWAmphibiansRiversEastern Hellbender Additional ResourcesResourcesEndangered SpeciesNewsEastern HellbenderSaint Louis ZooMissouri Department of Conservation2022/10/24 15:45:00 GMT-4News ItemHellbender Research Featured in New Documentary
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Dr. Rod Williams' hellbender research, the Purdue rearing lab and more than 12 years of the lab's work are featured in a new documentary, Hellbender in the Blue, produced by Teardrop Pictures.No publisherHellbendersWildlife ConservationWaterwaysAmphibiansEndangered SpeciesNewsWorking Lands for WildlifeDocumentary2022/10/24 15:23:05 GMT-4News ItemUSDA Awards 'Farmers Helping Hellbenders' Project $2.7 Million in Funding
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The “Farmers Helping Hellbenders” project is among the projects set to receive funding through the RCCP Classic fund, which uses NRCS contracts and easements with producers, landowners and communities in collaboration with project partners.No publisherHellbendersUSDAPurdue UniversityFarmersWildlife ConservationRiparian RestorationAmphibiansRegional PartnershipsNRCSEastern HellbenderLandowners2022/10/21 15:59:33 GMT-4News ItemLocal Brewery Creates Beer to Help the Hellbender
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Lafayette Brewing Company designed the "Hellbent to Help" fundraiser to help raise funds for hellbender research, conservation and education.No publisherWildlifeHellbenderPurdue UniversityWildlife ConservationAmphibiansWorking Lands for WildlifeEastern HellbenderSpecies2022/10/21 15:42:16 GMT-4News ItemConservation Solutions Prevent Further Erosion of Hellbender Habitat
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The water quality efforts made by producers and landowners in hellbender habitats are helping bring back eastern hellbender populations, restoring unstable streambanks, and reducing severe erosion on working agricultural lands.No publisherEast and Central Aquatics CorridorsWildlifeHellbendersUSDAStream RestorationAmphibiansRiversAquatics and WLFWConservationWater qualityWorking Lands for WildlifeEastern HellbenderErosionLandowners2022/10/21 15:25:00 GMT-4News ItemBear Creek Mussel Recovery
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Restoring mussel fauna
No publisherManagementCommunicationTRBAmphibiansResearchBivalves2017/03/13 12:20:00 GMT-4ProjectEffect of habitat area and isolation on fragmented animal populations
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Habitat destruction has driven many once-contiguous animal populations into remnant patches of varying size and isolation. The underlying framework for the conservation of fragmented popu- lations is founded on the principles of island biogeography, wherein the probability of species occurrence in habitat patches varies as a function of patch size and isolation. Despite decades of research, the general importance of patch area and isolation as predictors of species occupancy in fragmented terrestrial systems remains unknown because of a lack of quantitative synthesis. Here, we compile occupancy data from 1,015 bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, and invertebrate population networks on 6 continents and show that patch area and isolation are surprisingly poor predictors of occupancy for most species. We examine factors such as improper scaling and biases in species representation as expla- nations and find that the type of land cover separating patches most strongly affects the sensitivity of species to patch area and isolation. Our results indicate that patch area and isolation are indeed important factors affecting the occupancy of many species, but properties of the intervening matrix should not be ignored. Improving matrix quality may lead to higher conservation returns than manipulating the size and configuration of remnant patches for many of the species that persist in the aftermath of habitat destruction.
incidence function island biogeography logistic regression metaanalysis occupancyNo publisherCorridorsConservation PlanningFragmentationProtected AreasPredicted changeExtinction riskHabitat lossTerrestrial ecosystemsMammalsPatch sizeConnectivity improvementAmphibiansLand managementHabitat destructionClimate ChangeEcosystemsLandscape connectivityBirdsLand-use patterns2015/04/07 22:25:00 GMT-4FileClimatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park
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Amphibians are a bellwether for environmental degradation, even in natural ecosystems such as Yellowstone National Park in the western United States, where species have been actively protected longer than anywhere else on Earth. We document that recent climatic warming and resultant wetland desiccation are causing severe declines in 4 once-common amphibian species native to Yellowstone. Climate monitoring over 6 decades, remote sensing, and repeated surveys of 49 ponds indicate that decreasing annual precipitation and increasing temperatures during the warmest months of the year have significantly altered the landscape and the local biological communities. Drought is now more common and more severe than at any time in the past century. Compared with 16 years ago, the number of permanently dry ponds in northern Yellowstone has increased 4-fold. Of the ponds that remain, the proportion supporting amphibians has declined significantly, as has the number of species found in each location. Our results indicate that climatic warming already has disrupted one of the best-protected ecosystems on our planet and that current assessments of species’ vulnerability do not adequately consider such impacts.
global warming landscape change remote sensing amphibian community droughtNo publisherPondsWetlandsClimate ImpactsDessicationTerrestrial ecosystemsClimate ChangeWatershedsAmphibiansTerrestrial precipitationHeatDrought effectsDroughtTemperature2015/04/07 22:25:00 GMT-4FileEcological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
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Ecological changes in the phenology and distribution of plants and animals are occurring in all well-studied marine, freshwater, and terrestrial groups. These observed changes are heavily biased in the directions predicted from global warming and have been linked to local or regional climate change through correlations between climate and biological variation, field and laboratory experiments, and physiological research. Range-restricted species, particularly polar and mountaintop species, show severe range contractions and have been the first groups in which entire species have gone extinct due to recent climate change. Tropical coral reefs and amphibians have been most negatively affected. Predator-prey and plant-insect interactions have been disrupted when interacting species have responded differently to warming. Evolutionary adaptations to warmer conditions have occurred in the interiors of species’ ranges, and resource use and dispersal have evolved rapidly at expanding range margins. Observed genetic shifts modulate local effects of climate change, but there is little evidence that they will mitigate negative effects at the species level.No publisherThermal rangeGeneticsAquatic ecosystemsRange shiftRates of changeAtmospheric CO2AmphibiansSmall mammalsPredicted changeSpecies abundanceSpecies richnessMammalsRegional changeWarmer and wetterGreenhouse gasesGlobal warmingHigh latitudeWater cycleTerrestrial ecosystemsGlobal vegetation trendsWater temperatureThermal sensitivityStreamflowBiodiversityRegime shiftWarmer and drierBiosphereClimate ChangeMarine fisheriesCoral reefsDispersalSpring phenologyRange contractionStreamsSea levelTemperate forestsSoil moistureDistributionSpecies interactionsPhenologyRange limitsSea temperatureThermal limitsCO2Global patternsHabitat lossRange expansionSeasonalityMarine ecosystemsWatershedsWater supplyRiversState shiftglobal changeHigh elevationGlobal biological changeSummer temperatureBirdsPhenotype2015/04/07 22:25:00 GMT-4FileAre we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians
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Many scientists argue that we are either entering or in the midst of the sixth great mass extinction. Intense human pressure, both direct and indirect, is having profound effects on natural environ- ments. The amphibians—frogs, salamanders, and caecilians—may be the only major group currently at risk globally. A detailed worldwide assessment and subsequent updates show that one- third or more of the 6,300 species are threatened with extinction. This trend is likely to accelerate because most amphibians occur in the tropics and have small geographic ranges that make them susceptible to extinction. The increasing pressure from habitat destruction and climate change is likely to have major impacts on narrowly adapted and distributed species. We show that salamanders on tropical mountains are particularly at risk. A new and significant threat to amphibians is a virulent, emerging infec- tious disease, chytridiomycosis, which appears to be globally distributed, and its effects may be exacerbated by global warming. This disease, which is caused by a fungal pathogen and implicated in serious declines and extinctions of >200 species of amphibians, poses the greatest threat to biodiversity of any known disease. Our data for frogs in the Sierra Nevada of California show that the fungus is having a devastating impact on native species, already weakened by the effects of pollution and introduced predators. A general message from amphibians is that we may have little time to stave off a potential mass extinction.
chytridiomycosis climate change population declines Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis emerging diseaseNo publisherDeclineDisturbanceTemperatureLimit to adaptationHabitat destructionEnvironmental PolicyInfectious diseaseHabitat degradationAquatic ecosystemsAmphibiansCarbon cycleHeatCaecilianCarbon policyEcosystemsLand use changeTerrestrial ecosystemsClimate ChangeSixth Mass ExtinctionExtremesLandscapesAquaticGlobal patternsHabitat lossFrogsLand UseEndangered SpeciesSalamandersExtinctionLandscape scale2015/04/07 22:20:00 GMT-4FilePartners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/networks/working-lands-for-wildlife/landscapes-wildlife/eastern-hellbender/partners/add-an-organization/partners-in-amphibian-and-reptile-conservation
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) is an inclusive partnership dedicated to the conservation of the herpetofauna--reptiles and amphibians--and their habitats. Our membership comes from all walks of life and includes individuals from state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, museums, pet trade industry, nature centers, zoos, energy industry, universities, herpetological organizations, research laboratories, forest industries, and environmental consultants. The diversity of our membership makes PARC the most comprehensive conservation effort ever undertaken for amphibians and reptiles.No publisherPartnersReptilePARCEastern Hellbender Additional ResourcesAdditional ResourcesNGOEphemeralAmphibiansAquaticsWLFWPartners in Amphibian and Reptile ConservationEastern HellbenderResources2012/12/12 15:10:00 GMT-4OrganizationAmphibian and Reptile Conservancy
https://www.landscapepartnership.org/networks/organizations/amphibian-and-reptile-conservancy
ARC saves herps through a strategic, scientific, and passionate approach that allows us to make a real difference. We implement localized, regional, species-based PARCAs (Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas) and weave them together across the country into a national strategy capable of making great impact. We practice Transformative Science with the urgency required to save those species and ecosystems at greatest risk.No publisherReptileHellbendersGopher TortoiseBog TurtleNGOWildlifeAmphibiansConservationOrganizationThe Mid-Atlantic Center for Herpetology and Conservation
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MACHAC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and study of amphibians and reptiles through advocacy, education, and execution of research by professional herpetologists and ecologists in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. Major partners and funding sources for programs include the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service (US Department of Agriculture), United States Fish & Wildlife Service, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Major MACHAC projects also include the study and recovery of state and federally-listed amphibians and reptiles, notably important initiatives centered on the Bog Turtle and Eastern Massasauga.No publisherReptileAmphibiansOrganization