References--Carolina bay amphibians

Chazal AC, JD Krenz, DE Scott. 1996. Relationships of larval density and heterozygosity to growth and survival of juvenile marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:1122-1129.

Croshaw DA, DE Scott. 2006. Marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) choose nest sites at low elevations when cover availability is controlled. Amphibia Reptilia 27:359-364.

Croshaw DA, DE Scott. 2005. Experimental evidence that nest attendance benefits female marbled salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) by reducing egg mortality. American Midland Naturalist 154:398-411.

Daszak P, DE Scott, AM Kilpatrick, C Faggioni, JW Gibbons, D Porter. 2005. Amphibian population declines at the Savannah River Site are linked to hydroperiod, not chytridiomycosis. Ecology 86:3232-3237.

Houck LD, MT Mendonca, TK Lynch, DE Scott. 1996. Courtship behavior and plasma levels of androgens and corticosterone in male marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum (Ambystomatidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 104:243-252.

Jackson ME, DE Scott, RA Estes. 1989. Determinants of nest success in the marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 67:2277-2281.

Krenz JD, DE Scott. 1994. Terrestrial courtship affects mating location in Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica 50:46-50.

Ott J, DE Scott. 1999. Effects of toe-clipping and PIT tagging on growth and survival in metamorphic Ambystoma opacum. J. Herp. 33:344-348.

Pechmann JHK, RA Estes, DE Scott, JW Gibbons. 2001. Amphibian colonization and use of ponds created for trial mitigation of wetland loss. Wetlands 21:93-111.

Pechmann JHK, DE Scott, RD Semlitsch, JP Caldwell, LJ Vitt, JW Gibbons. 1991. Declining amphibian populations: the problem of separating human impacts from natural fluctuations. Science 253:892-895.

Pechmann JHK, DE Scott, RD Semlitsch, JW Gibbons. 1989. Influence of wetland hydroperiod on diversity and abundance of metamorphosing juvenile amphibians. Wetlands Ecology and Management 1:1-9.

Scott DE. 1990. Effects of larval density in Ambystoma opacum: an experiment in large-scale field enclosures. Ecology 71:296-306.

Scott DE. 1993. Timing of reproduction of paedomorphic and metamorphic Ambystoma talpoideum. American Midland Naturalist 129:397-402.

Scott DE. 1994. The effect of larval density on adult demographic traits in Ambystoma opacum. Ecology 75:1383-1396.

Scott DE, MR Fore. 1995. The effect of food limitation on lipid levels, growth, and reproduction in the marbled salamander,Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica 51:462-481.

Scott, DE. 1998. A Breeding Congress. Natural History 107(8):26-28.

Scott DE. 2005. Ambystoma opacum, Marbled salamander. Pp. 627-632 in: Amphibian Declines: the Conservation Status of United States Species. M. J. Lannoo (ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Scott DE, ED Casey, MF Donovan, TK Lynch. 2007. Amphibian lipid levels at metamorphosis correlate to post-metamorphic terrestrial survival. Oecologia 153:521-532.

Scott DE. 2008. Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum. Pages 139-141 in: Jensen, John, Carlos Camp, Whit Gibbons, and Matt Elliott (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA.

Scott DE, MJ Komoroski, DA Croshaw, PM Dixon. 2013. Terrestrial distribution of pond-breeding salamanders around an isolated wetland. Ecology 94:2537-2546.

Semlitsch RD. 1981. Terrestrial activity and summer home range of the mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:315-322.

Semlitsch RD, DE Scott, JHK. Pechmann. 1988. Time and size at metamorphosis related to adult fitness inAmbystoma talpoideum. Ecology 69:184-192.

Semlitsch RD, DE Scott, JHK Pechmann, JW Gibbons. 1993. Phenotypic variation in the arrival time of breeding salamanders: individual repeatability and environmental influences. Journal of Animal Ecology 62:334-340.

Semlitsch RD, DE Scott, JHK Pechmann, JW Gibbons. 1996. Structure and dynamics of an amphibian community: evidence from a 16-yr study of a natural pond. Pages 217-248 In "Long-term Studies of Vertebrate Communities." M. L. Cody and J. D. Smallwood (eds.). Academic Press, New York.

Taylor BE, DE Scott. 1997. Effects of larval density dependence on population dynamics of Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica 53:132-145.

Taylor BE, DE Scott, JW Gibbons. 2006. Catastrophic reproductive failure, terrestrial survival, and persistence of the marbled salamander. Conservation Biology 20:792-801.

Todd BT, DE Scott, JHK Pechmann, JW Gibbons. 2011. Climate change correlates with rapid delays and advancements in reproductive timing in an amphibian community. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:2191-2197.

REFERENCES -- Carolina bay amphibians