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Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) captures before and after drought mitigation at Jack Creek, Oregon 2009-2021

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Publication Date
Start Date
2009-08-26
End Date
2021-06-24

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Rowe, J.C., Pearl, C.A., Duarte, A., McCreary, B., and Adams, M.J., 2023, Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) captures before and after drought mitigation at Jack Creek, Oregon 2009-2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IMAFNN.

Summary

Amphibians are among the most sensitive taxa to climate change, and species inhabiting arid and semiarid landscapes at the extremes of their range are especially vulnerable to periods of drought. The Jack Creek, Oregon, USA population of Oregon spotted frogs (Rana pretiosa) faces unique challenges occupying the highest elevation site in the species’ extant range and one that has been hydrologically transformed by loss of American beaver (Castor canadensis). We evaluated the effect of drought mitigation (addition of excavated ponds) on relationships between local water availability, legacy beaver dams, and R. pretiosa population dynamics in the Jack Creek system. We conducted capture-mark-recapture sampling at a treatment reach with [...]

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Point of Contact :
FRESC Science Data Coordinator, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Originator :
Jennifer C Rowe, Christopher Pearl, Adam Duarte, Brome Mccreary, Michael J Adams
Metadata Contact :
FRESC Science Data Coordinator, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) captures at Jack Creek, Oregon 2009-2021.xml
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detCov.csv 3.88 KB text/csv
waterCov.csv 2.21 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to evaluate whether habitat modification and creation (collectively referred to as “restoration”) at Jack Creek benefitted R. pretiosa. Our primary objectives were to determine if 1) R. pretiosa abundance and adult survival were higher post-restoration compared to pre-restoration and at the treatment relative to reference reaches; 2) R. pretiosa abundance and survival was linked to water availability; and 3) restoration resulted in greater water availability in support of drought mitigation. Data are provided in support of reproducible research, and users of the dataset should carefully review the associated manuscript for details of the analysis.

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