Surveys for California red-legged frog and arroyo toad on the Los Padres National Forest

Valerie K. Hubbartt; Thomas G. Murphey

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Surveys for California red-legged frog and arroyo toad on the Los Padres National Forest

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Valerie K. Hubbartt, Thomas G. Murphey

Year:

2005

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Kus, Barbara E., and Beyers, Jan L., technical coordinators. Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-195. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 273-274

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Abstract

Starting in the spring of 1999 through the fall of 2000, USDA Forest Service biologists have conducted surveys throughout the Los Padres National Forest for the federally-listed California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) and arroyo toad (Bufo californicus). Sites known to have frogs or toads present were monitored for breeding and possible impacts of Forest Service activities. Potential impacts to frogs and toads include roads, trails, campgrounds, off-highway vehicles, grazing allotments, and introduced species.

Parent Publication

Planning for biodiversity: bringing research and management together; Proceedings of a Symposium for the South Coast Ecoregion

Keywords

amphibians, monitoring, range expansion, stream channels, suitable habitat

Citation

Hubbartt, Valerie K.; Murphey, Thomas G. 2005. Surveys for California red-legged frog and arroyo toad on the Los Padres National Forest. In: Kus, Barbara E., and Beyers, Jan L., technical coordinators. Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-195. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 273-274