Nocturnal Calling Frog Surveys at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP in Vermont, USA (1999-2000)
Citation
Faccio S, McFarland K (2022). Nocturnal Calling Frog Surveys at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP in Vermont, USA (1999-2000). Version 1.1. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/347m7k accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
In order to help guide the development of a forest management plan, a biological inventory of the amphibian and reptiles within the park and adjacent lands was conducted in 1999 and 2000. To inventory frogs, a protocol established for the Vermont Calling Frog Survey was modified and used to sample the Pogue, the Field-Wetland, and the Hardwood-Wetland. A total of 10 listening stations were established. Systematic aural surveys of calling frogs occurred on rainy or humid nights throughout the spring and summer. At each station, all frogs heard calling during a 10-minute period were identified to species and their relative abundance estimated based upon chorus.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, Vermont, USASampling
To inventory frogs, a protocol established for the Vermont Calling Frog Survey was modified and used to sample the Pogue, the Field-Wetland, and the Hardwood-Wetland. A total of 10 listening stations were established; 6 around the Pogue, and 2 at each of the wetlands (Fig. 1). Systematic aural surveys of calling frogs occurred on rainy or humid nights throughout the spring and summer. At each station, all frogs heard calling during a 10-minute period were identified to species and their relative abundance estimated based upon the following codes: Code 1: Can clearly hear all individuals of a species and can count them easily – there is ample space (time) between calling individuals. Code 2: There is some overlap of calls between individuals of a species, but not so much as to make an accurate count impossible. Code 3: A full chorus. Calls for a species are constant, continuous, and overlapping.Method steps
- see above
Taxonomic Coverages
frogs
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Anuracommon name: frogs rank: order
Geographic Coverages
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP, Woodstock, Vermont, USA
Bibliographic Citations
- Faccio, S. D., September 2001. Biological Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and Adjacent Lands. Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/008. National Park Service. Woodstock, VT. - https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/430046 https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/430046
Contacts
Steve Facciooriginator
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: sfaccio@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-9265
Kent McFarland
metadata author
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503
Kent McFarland
editor
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503
Kent McFarland
administrative point of contact
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503