Herpetofaunal Abundance and Distribution in Northern Minnesota: Contributions of Ecological Land Units and Assessment of Sampling Methodology

Authors

Gabrielle Yaunches, Michigan State University
S. R. Winterstein, Michigan State University
H. Campa III, Michigan State University
B. J. Kernohan, Boise Cascade Corporation
J. B. Haufler, Boise Cascade Corporation

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Herpetofaunal species distributions need to be understood and mapped using landscape descriptions that incorporate important habitat features and ecological processes. An ecosystem management effort in northern Minnesota is characterizing a landscape as a coarse filter for ecological communities. The coarse filter approach involves looking at communities in different successional stages and habitat types in a region (Haufler et al. 1996). Documenting distributions and abundances of herpetofauna using this coarse filter approach will allow data about these species to be incorporated in landscape planning efforts.

Publication Date

September-December 2000

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

107

Issue

3-4

First Page

206

Last Page

208

Copyright

© Copyright 2000 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Yaunches, Gabrielle; Winterstein, S. R.; Campa, H. III; Kernohan, B. J.; and Haufler, J. B. (2000) "Herpetofaunal Abundance and Distribution in Northern Minnesota: Contributions of Ecological Land Units and Assessment of Sampling Methodology," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 107(3-4), 206-208.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol107/iss3/28