气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?

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DOI	10.3390/w16091202
	Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?
	Sherman, Lauren; Barton, Christopher D.; Guzy, Jacquelyn C.; Davenport, Rebecca N.; Cox, John J.; Larkin, Jeffery L.; Fearer, Todd; Newman, Jillian C.; Price, Steven J.
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2073-4441
起始页码	16
结束页码	9
卷号	16 期号:9
英文摘要	Habitat restoration and creation within human-altered landscapes can buffer the impacts of climate change on wildlife. The Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA) is a coal surface mine reclamation practice that enhances reforestation through soil decompaction and the planting of native trees. Recently, wetland creation has been coupled with FRA to increase habitat available for wildlife, including amphibians. Our objective was to evaluate the response of pond-breeding amphibians to the FRA by comparing species occupancy, richness, and abundance across two FRA age-classes (2-5-year and 8-11-year reclaimed forests), traditionally reclaimed sites that were left to naturally regenerate after mining, and in mature, unmined forests in the Monongahela National Forest (West Virginia, USA). We found that species richness and occupancy estimates did not differ across treatment types. Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) had the greatest estimated abundances in wetlands in the older FRA treatment. Additionally, larger wetlands had greater abundances of Eastern Newts, Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus), and Green Frogs (L. clamitans) compared to smaller wetlands. Our results suggest that wetland creation and reforestation increases the number of breeding sites and promotes microhabitat and microclimate conditions that likely maximize the resilience of pond-breeding amphibians to anticipated climate changes in the study area.
英文关键词	amphibians; Forestry Reclamation Approach; climate adaptation; coal mining; occupancy; species richness; red spruce; restoration; wetlands; resilience
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:001219891500001
来源期刊	WATER
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/296755
作者单位	University of Kentucky; United States Department of the Interior; United States Geological Survey; Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE); Indiana University of Pennsylvania
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sherman, Lauren,Barton, Christopher D.,Guzy, Jacquelyn C.,et al. Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?[J],2024,16(9).
APA	Sherman, Lauren.,Barton, Christopher D..,Guzy, Jacquelyn C..,Davenport, Rebecca N..,Cox, John J..,...&Price, Steven J..(2024).Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?.WATER,16(9).
MLA	Sherman, Lauren,et al."Wetland Creation and Reforestation of Legacy Surface Mines in the Central Appalachian Region (USA): A Potential Climate-Adaptation Approach for Pond-Breeding Amphibians?".WATER 16.9(2024).