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.