Herpetology Research Group
List of Publications
Research Objectives:
- Studies of the autecology and community structure of forest and riparian-associated herpetofauna in redwood and
Douglas-fir/hardwood forests.
- Investigations of the application of reptiles and amphibians as indicators for monitoring the status of
ecosystems.
- Investigations of the possible mechanisms contributing to declines in amphibians.
Projects:
- Mattole River: A Landscape Analysis of the Herpetofauna in a Tier-one Key Watershed
of Northern California: Detecting Biotic Patterns and Inferring Landscape Processes
- Trinity River: Effects of Damming on Two Herpetofaunal Species in a Riverine Ecosystem
- Prairie Creek Bypass: Stream Amphibians as Bioindicators - A Case Study from California's
Redwoods
- Plethodontid Salamanders: Plethodontid Salamanders in Forest Ecosystems of the Pacific
Northwest: Are They Good Metrics for Ecosystem Integrity?
- High Lakes: Amphibian Assemblages and Introduced Fishes in the Wilderness Areas of the
Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion
- South Fork Trinity: The Ecogeography of The Herpetofauna,
Fishes, Birds, and Macro-invertebrates of the South Fork Trinity River Basin
- Yellow-legged Frog: Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Reproductive Ecology
Herpetology Staff:
- Dr. Hartwell Welsh - Ecologist/Herpetologist
- Don Ashton - Ecologist
- Andie Herman - Biological Sciences Technician (Graduate Student)
- Garth Hodgson - Biological Sciences Technician
- Amy Lind - Aquatic Ecologist
- Karen Pope - Aquatic Biologist
- Clara Wheeler - Biological Sciences Technician (Graduate Student)
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Herpetology Homepage // Last updated on January 22, 2003, by Fred Graves
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