Data from a road ecology study of Spotted Salamanders along the Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, in 2012-2013

Abstract/Summary

This dataset contains study results examining the effect of road mortality on migrating salamanders along the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi from 2012-2013. A combination of methods were used to assess the movement of salamanders to and from the breeding pond. Environmental variables such as air and water temperature, water salinity, and relative humidity were also collected during the study. A traffic counting device was also installed at the edge of the study area to monitor the number of vehicles passing through the area during migration events. Surveys to quantify egg masses in the breeding pond were also completed during the study.