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An Overlooked Hotspot? Rapid Biodiversity Assessment Reveals a Region of Exceptional Herpetofaunal Richness in the Southeastern United States


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dc.contributorSean Grahamen_US
dc.creatorGraham, Sean P.
dc.creatorSteen, David A.
dc.creatorNelson, Kerry T.
dc.creatorDurso, Andrew M.
dc.creatorMaerz, John C
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-29T17:12:53Z
dc.date.available2022-07-29T17:12:53Z
dc.date.created2010
dc.identifier10.1656/058.009.0102en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bioone.org/journals/southeastern-naturalist/volume-9/issue-1/058.009.0102/An-Overlooked-Hotspot-Rapid-Biodiversity-Assessment-Reveals-a-Region-of/10.1656/058.009.0102.fullen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50323
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-391
dc.description.abstractWe conducted a competitive bioblitz survey in four Georgia counties to raise awareness of a unique and species rich herpetofauna in the Pine Mountain/ Fall Line Sandhills Region of Georgia, and compared documented species of these counties to other herpetofaunas of the southeast that have known high richness and/ or were subject to thorough collection efforts. Our results demonstrate the efficacy of bioblitzes for documenting large numbers of species in a limited amount of time (62 amphibian and reptile species in only seven days, including 36 new county records and documentation of three protected species). Compared to areas of similar size, this area is among the most species-rich herpetofaunas in North America north of Mexico, with only three areas having higher documented richness. However, all areas we compared our site to have experienced much higher collection effort and contain much larger tracts of protected land. Thus, our data suggest the Pine Mountain/Fall Line Sandhills region is among the most important regions for amphibian and reptile conservation in North America.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.publisherEagle Hill Instituteen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSoutheastern Naturalisten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1528-7092en_US
dc.rightsThis is the version of record published by Eagle Hill Institute and is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license. Item should be cited as: Graham, S. P., Steen, D. A., Nelson, K. T., Durso, A. M., & Maerz, J. C. (2010). An overlooked hotspot? Rapid biodiversity assessment reveals a region of exceptional herpetofaunal richness in the southeastern United States. Southeastern Naturalist, 9(1), 19-34.en_US
dc.titleAn Overlooked Hotspot? Rapid Biodiversity Assessment Reveals a Region of Exceptional Herpetofaunal Richness in the Southeastern United Statesen_US
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dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume9en_US
dc.citation.issue1en_US
dc.citation.spage19en_US
dc.citation.epage34en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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