Assessing the Abundance of Caucasian Salamander, Mertensiella caucasica (Caudata, Salamandridae), with N-mixture Model in Northeastern Anatolia: Abundance of Caucasian Salamander in Northeastern Anatolia

• Date: 2023
• Main Authors: Yakın, B. Y., Arslan, D., Çiçek, K., Tok, C. V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/423
• Journal Title: Journal Zoodiversity

The endangered Caucasian salamander, Mertensiella caucasica (Waga, 1876), is endemic to the western Lesser Caucasus. Here, we used N-mixed models to analyse repeated count data of Caucasian salamanders from the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. We estimated a mean detection probability of 0.29, a...