Wetland creation and reforestation of legacy surface mines in the Central Applachian Region (USA): A potential climate-adaptation approach for pond-breeding amphibians?

Habitat restoration and creation within human-altered landscapes can buffer the impacts of climate change on wildlife. The Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA) is a coal surface mine reclamation practice that enhances reforestation through soil decompaction and the planting of native trees. Recently, wetland creation has been coupled with FRA to increase habitat available for wildlife, including amphibians. Our objective was to evaluate the response of pond-breeding amphibians to the FRA by comparing species occupancy, richness, and abundance across two FRA age-classes (2–5-year and 8–1—year reclaimed forests), traditionally reclaimed sites that were left to naturally regenerate after mining, and in mature, unmined forests in the Monongahela National Forest (West Virginia, USA). We found that species richness and occupancy estimates did not differ across treatment types. Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) had the greatest estimated abu..., , , # Wetland creation and reforestation of legacy surface mines in the Central Applachian Region (USA): A potential climate-adaptation approach for pond-breeding amphibians? [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1zf](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1zf) ## Description of the data and file structure **R script and data used to estimate species’ occupancy, species richness, and abundance of pond-breeding amphibians in wetlands on reforested surface mines in the Monongahela National Forest, WV, USA.** ## **File list (files found within Sherman\_et\_al\_2024.zip)** **Multi-species Occupancy Model**            Sherman_et_al_2024_multispecies_occupancy.R            aame.csv            amac.csv            hscu.csv            hver.csv            lcla.csv            lpal.csv            lsyl.csv            nvir.csv            pcru.csv            SiteCovariates.csv            SurveyCovariates.csv **Abundance Model**            Sherman_et_al_2024_abundance.R        ...在人为改造的景观中开展栖息地修复与营造工作，可缓解气候变化对野生动物产生的冲击。森林修复法（Forestry Reclamation Approach, FRA）是一种露天煤矿修复技术，通过土壤松化与乡土乔木种植来促进森林重建。近期，研究人员将湿地营造与FRA相结合，以扩充包括两栖动物在内的野生动物栖息地。本研究旨在评估池沼繁殖型两栖动物（pond-breeding amphibians）对FRA的响应，通过对比两类FRA修复林（修复时长2~5年与8~10年的修复林分）、采矿后任其自然演替的传统修复样地，以及美国西弗吉尼亚州莫农加希拉国家森林（Monongahela National Forest）内成熟未采矿森林的物种占有率、物种丰富度与种群丰度。研究发现，不同处理类型间的物种丰富度与占有率估算结果并无显著差异。斑点钝口螈（Ambystoma maculatum）与东部红腹蝾螈（Notophthalmus viridescens）的估算丰度最高…… # 美国阿巴拉契亚中部区域遗留露天矿的湿地营造与森林修复：一种面向池沼繁殖型两栖动物的气候适应潜在策略？ [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1zf](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1zf) ## 数据与文件结构说明 本数据集包含用于估算美国西弗吉尼亚州莫农加希拉国家森林内修复型露天矿湿地中池沼繁殖型两栖动物的物种占有率、物种丰富度与种群丰度的R脚本与原始数据。 ## Sherman_et_al_2024.zip压缩包内的文件清单 ### 多物种占有率模型 Sherman_et_al_2024_multispecies_occupancy.R aame.csv amac.csv hscu.csv hver.csv lcla.csv lpal.csv lsyl.csv nvir.csv pcru.csv 样地协变量.csv（SiteCovariates.csv） 调查协变量.csv（SurveyCovariates.csv） ### 丰度模型 Sherman_et_al_2024_abundance.R ...（原文内容截断）