If You Build It, Will They Come? Estimating Squamate Responses to Pine Savanna Restoration. Brown, A. Master's thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2023. abstract bibtex Herpetofauna are notoriously difficult to monitor, and efficient monitoring techniques for these species are desperately needed to inform management actions. I evaluated the effectiveness of wildlife cameras for detecting two representative species of herpetofauna (snakes and frogs) and determined the influence of individual characteristics on detectability. I used these results to develop a series of wildlife camera arrays to monitor the impact of pine savanna restoration on the squamate community at Alapaha River Wildlife Management Area (ARWMA), which has resident populations of several snakes identified as species of greatest conservation need in Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan. Wildlife cameras were 7 times more efficient at detecting herpetofauna than traditional survey methods; however, detection rates varied between models and depended on surface temperature differential and, in some cases, body size. The response of squamates to restoration actions on ARWMA and the temporal scale at which these responses became evident appeared to be highly species dependent.
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language = {en},
school = {University of Georgia},
author = {Brown, Alexandra},
year = {2023},
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