Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative: Concepts and Implementation

Authors

Paul Stephen Corn
Michael J. Adams
William A. Battaglin
Alisa L. Gallant
Daniel L. James
Melinda KnutsonFollow
Catherine A. Langtimm
John R. Sauer

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2005

Comments

Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management.
Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5015

Abstract

This report provides the basis for discussion and subsequent articulation of a national plan for the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI). The authors were members of a task force formed from within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that included scientists with expertise in biology, cartography, hydrology, and statistics. The assignment of the task force was to extend work begun by the National Amphibian Leadership Group. This group, composed of senior USGS scientists, managers, and external authorities, met in Gainesville, Florida, in February 20001. The product of this meeting was a document outlining the framework for a national program to monitor amphibian populations and to conduct research into the causes of declines.