NEW DISTRIBUTION DATA OF THE VULNERABLE MERTENSIELLA CAUCASICA FROM GUMUSHANE, TURKEY

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Kurnaz M., KUTRUP B.

NATURE CONSERVATION RESEARCH, cilt.4, sa.1, ss.109-111, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.24189/ncr.2019.006
  • Dergi Adı: NATURE CONSERVATION RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.109-111
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Caucasian salamander, environmental variable, habitat preference, potential distribution, range extension, southernmost locality, 1876 CAUDATA SALAMANDRIDAE, POPULATION, WAGA, AGE
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica, is a vulnerable species, distributed in a restricted area from the southwest of Georgia to the northeast of Turkey. This study presents five new localities from the Gumushane province in Turkey. The new localities extent the known distribution by about 40 km southwards. We determine the species' potential distribution in this province. The habitat of M. caucasica has been predicted to shrink in the future and localities on the range boundary such as presented here will be important to understand the species' tolerance.