Reptile, amphibian, and small mammal species associated with natural gas development in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia / Kurtis R. Moseley [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Moseley, Kurtis R. (Kurtis Rooks), 1977-

United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station

Series:

Research paper NRS ; 10.

Research paper NRS ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest animals--Habitat--West Virginia--Monongahela National Forest.

Forest animals.

Species diversity--West Virginia--Monongahela National Forest.

Species diversity.

Natural gas--Prospecting--Environmental aspects--West Virginia--Monongahela National Forest.

Natural gas.

Gas wells--Environmental aspects--West Virginia--Monongahela National Forest.

Gas wells.

Forest animals--Habitat.

Gas wells--Environmental aspects.

Natural gas--Prospecting--Environmental aspects.

West Virginia--Monongahela National Forest.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages) : 1 map.

Place of Publication:

Newtown Square, PA : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, [2010]

Summary:

Burgeoning energy in the United States has led to increased natural gas exploration in the Appalachian Basin. Despite increasing natural gas development in the region, data about its impacts to wildlife are lacking. Our objective was to assess past and ongoing natural gas development impacts on reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. We sampled 40 gas well sites and compared amphibian, reptile, and small mammal captures among active producing, plugged (inactive), and storage well types. Total species richness and diversity were greater at storage gas well sites than at plugged wells. Although natural gas development adversely impacts moisture-sensitive woodland salamanders, our results suggest that maintained gas well openings may benefit other herpetofauna and small mammal species that use early successional habitat within predominately forested central Appalachian landscapes.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 6, 2011).

"April 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-14).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Reptile, amphibian, and small mammal species associated with natural gas development in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia

OCLC:

655413458

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