Mountaintop removal mining alters stream salamander population dynamics
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH
Abstract
Population dynamics are often tightly linked to the condition of the landscape. Focusing on a landscape impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), we ask the following questions: (1) How does MTR influence vital rates including occupancy, colonization and persistence probabilities, and conditional abundance of stream salamander species and life stages? (2) Do species and life stages respond similar to MTR mining or is there significant variation among species and life stages?
First Page
1242
Last Page
1251
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12760
Publication Date
2018
Funding Information
. S. Bonner is supported by NSERC Grant 493024-2016.
Recommended Citation
Price, Steven J.; Freytag, Sara Beth; Bonner, Simon J.; Drayer, Andrea N.; Muncy, Brenee' L.; Hutton, Jacob M.; and Barton, Christopher D., "Mountaintop removal mining alters stream salamander population dynamics" (2018). Faculty, Staff, and Supported Research. 56.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sup/56
