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Filtering by: Creator Komar, Paul D., 1939- Location Cascade Range, Oregon, United States, (Hypsographic) Peer Reviewed No

Large Downed Wood as Post-fire Refugia for Terrestrial Salamanders in Pacific Northwest Forests

Creator:

Stephens, Paige N.

Abstract:

Climate change, wildfire, timber harvest, and land conversion alter the availability of downed wood in forests of the western United States. Numerous taxa rely on downed wood for temperature and humidity refugia, and downed wood may play a key role in enabling the persistence of climate-sensitive, low-vagility species like terrestrial...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

sheltered/shaded areas downed wood creates (Marcolin et al., 2019; Savely, 1939). Through its temperature