Thursday, April 21, 2016

Blog Post 4

This week, salamander suitable habitat research was conducted by consulting multiple research articles and the DEC governmental website to understand what makes suitable habitats fir all NY salamander species to live in. The suitable land cover types that salamanders can inhabit in NY can be seen below followed by unsuitable land cover types:

National land cover values that represent suitable habitat land classes for NY salamanders:
41- Deciduous Forest
43- Mixed Forest
90- Woody Wetlands
95- Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands


National land cover values that represent unsuitable NY salamander habitat:
11- Open Water
23- Developed, Medium Intensity
24- Developed, High Intensity
42- Evergreen Forest
52- Shrub/ Scrub
71- Grassland/ Herbaceous
81- Pasture/ Hay
82- Cultivated Crops


This maps shows the suitable habitat zones for salamanders in New York State. The green areas show suitable salamander habitats and the purple areas show where habitats that are not suitable for salamanders. 


Literature Cited:

ESRI Data and Maps for ArcGIS

Guerry, Anne D., and Malcolm L. Hunter. "Amphibian Distributions in a Landscape of Forests and Agriculture: An Examination of Landscape Composition and Conf Iguration." Conservation Biology 16.3 (2002): 745-54. Web.

"SPCN Amphibians."Www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/spcnamphibians.pdf. New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 2007. Web. 21 Apr. 2016.



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