Declining Amphibian Task Force Amphibian Sites

Spreadsheet Key for the DAPTF/NASA Project data

N.B. Each SITE has one or more SPECIES records (spreadsheets) associated with
it, these being linked to that site by the unique 3-figure Site Code.
(M = mandatory category)

A: SITE INFORMATION

(NB: Grid references west of Greenwhich and south of the equator are given as
negative numbers)

1M Unique Site Code (3-figure)

2 Site Identifier (eg. Pyrenees, Australian Capital Territory
etc.)

3M Longitude (in declimalized degrees)

4M Latitude (in declimalized degrees)

5 Altitude (in metres)

6M Declines at Site? (1=yes, 0=no)

7 Declines Occurred After: (eg. 198712 = declines occurred after
December 1987)

8 Declines Occurred Before: (eg. 198905 = declines occurred prior
to June 1989)

9 Number of Species for which Decline Recorded at this Site:

10 Number of Species for which NO Decline Recorded at this Site:

11 Vegetation Characteristic of Site:
TROPICAL/SUB-TROPICAL
11 - Evergreen/semi-evergreen
rainforest
12 - Monsoon forest
13 - Montane/cloud forest
14 - Swamp forest
15 - Dry woodland
16 - Grassland/scrub - lowland
17 - Grassland/scrub - montane
(including paramos)
18 - Deserts/semideserts
TEMPERATE
21 - Coniferous forest
22 - Coniferous/deciduous mixed forest
23 - Deciduous forest
24 - Grassland/scrub (including
chaparral, grassland prairies)
25 - Deserts/semideserts

12 Site Comments (other information)

NB. Additional category: DECLINE INDEX is a relative measure of decline,
consisting of the square of the number of declining species (at a given site)
divided by the sum of declining plus non-declining species.