DISTRIBUTION OF THE INTRODUCED ALPINE NEWT TRITURUS-ALPESTRIS AND OF NATIVE TRITURUS SPECIES IN NORTH SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND

Authors
BELL BD BELL AP
Citation
Bd. Bell et Ap. Bell, DISTRIBUTION OF THE INTRODUCED ALPINE NEWT TRITURUS-ALPESTRIS AND OF NATIVE TRITURUS SPECIES IN NORTH SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, Australian journal of ecology, 20(3), 1995, pp. 367-375
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Australian journal of ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0307692X
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
367 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-692X(1995)20:3<367:DOTIAN>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Surveys of 62 pond sites near Market-Drayton, Shropshire, were carried out in September 1989 and April-September 1993 to determine the local distribution of the alpine newt Triturus alpestris, first introduced there in 1970-74. Triturus alpestris was found in garden and farm pond s up to 70 m from the original sites of liberation. Relative numbers a nd size-ranges of adult and larval Triturus species (alpestris, crista tus, vulgaris) are compared between study areas. The ecological and co nservation implications of T. alpestris in Britain are discussed.