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An updated range map for Plethodon shenandoah
The Shenanadoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) is an endangered salamander found only in the mountains of Shenandoah National Park. Field surveys of the salamander were conducted from 2007-2022 using daytime cover object surveys. In order to capture the totality of P. shendandoah’s range we sampled from low to high elevation across a broad geographic range. We created a spatial generalized additive model with aspect, latitude, longitude, and elevation and heat load index (HLI) to predict salamander occupancy and create a new range map based on our extended surveys. All spatial covariates were extracted from a 15m digital elevation model layer of Shenandoah National Park. Temperature and precipitaiton data were extracted at sampling locations from PRISM Climate Group datasets.
| Author(s) |
Evan H Grant |
| Publication Date | 2024-03-26 |
| Beginning Date of Data | 2007 |
| Ending Date of Data | 2022 |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P13OVUIC |
| Citation | Grant, E.H., Miller, D.A., and Werba, J.A., 2024, An updated range map for Plethodon shenandoah: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13OVUIC. |
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| Metadata Date | 2024-03-26 |
| Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
| Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
| Access | public |
| License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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