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Will Fields holding a
Carolina gopher frog
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Carolina Gopher Frog
Our research on Carolina gopher frogs is targeted at monitoring their
population sizes, determining habitat requirements, and understanding
factors that limit their dispersal. The Carolina gopher frog is
one of the rarest frog species in the southeastern US, and is a Federal
Species of Concern. It
occupies ephemeral pools that fill during winter rains. Its
populations are declining due to loss of these wetlands, and to old
growth longleaf pine forests where they spend the non-breeding
period.
Before coming to NC State, postdoc Nicole Thurgate conducted her
dissertation research on the endangered Dusky gopher frog in
Mississippi.
Our research on St. Francis satyr is funded by DoD, Department of
the Army, Endangered
Species Branch at Ft. Bragg and the Strategic
Environmental Research
and Development Program
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