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Normally secretive and rarely seen, the salamanders emerge by the hundreds from their underground burrows to gather at breeding ponds at Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis’ environmental field station.
Scientists recently joined a larger research network that is monitoring changes in the timing of major life events, like mass breeding.
“We just began our first pilot year of a long-term project that looks at the emergence of wood frogs, spotted salamanders and different tree species,” said Elizabeth Biro, Tyson’s natural resources coordinator and staff scientist. “By examining how the timing of major life events for these species may be shifting, we can begin to understand some of the environmental drivers behind those shifts.
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