Science of Scales

Views:147 views Eastern Hog-nosed Snake crossing a sandy road on a spring evening. – Houston Chandler I have…

We examined how leaf breakdown and invertebrate communities varied across three species of leaf litter: longleaf pine needles, wiregrass stalks, and black gum leaves. These species all occur naturally in pine flatwoods wetlands, with gum trees being mostly restricted to fire-suppressed wetlands or the deepest parts of fire-maintained wetlands.

I wrote last year about our work surveying for Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtles (Machrochelys suwanniensis) in Georgia as part of a range-wide assessment of the species’ distribution and status. Since that time, there have been several exciting developments in our work with alligator snapping turtles.

Views:362 views Properly managed longleaf pine flatwoods are a rare sight in the 21st century – Brandon Rincon…