EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/27/2021 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | USE OF RESTORED WETLANDS BY HERPETOFAUNA IN WESTERN KENTUCKY | Virtual Platform
USE OF RESTORED WETLANDS BY HERPETOFAUNA IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
Wetlands perform many critical ecosystem services, supporting a diverse array of aquatic and terrestrial communities, yet have experienced significant losses in the past few hundred years. The Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) has restored wetlands to mitigate these losses. Restoration of wetlands is a boon for many wetland species, particularly herpetofauna. We are monitoring WRP, control (cropland), and reference (historic bottomland forest) wetlands in western Kentucky to determine how herpetofaunal communities have responded to restoration. We are employing multiple methods to assess amphibian and reptile diversity in our study wetlands including timed-constrained dipnet surveys, acoustic recorders, hoop nets, and aquatic minnow traps. In the first year of the study, we captured 2563 amphibians and 564 turtles, representing 14 and 8 species respectively. Preliminary analyses suggest that amphibian richness does not vary among the three wetland types. WRP and reference wetlands both supported higher levels of species richness for turtles than control wetlands. This study will add to our understanding of wetland restoration, and provide managers with important data to inform future restoration initiatives for herpetofauna and other wildlife.
- Restoration
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
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John Connock
(), Murray State University, jconnock@murraystate.edu;
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Howard Whiteman
(), Murray State University, hwhiteman@murraystate.edu;
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Michael Flinn
(), Murray State University, mflinn@murraystate.edu;
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