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Table 1: Mean number of animals captured per trap by wetland in 1995 and late June 1996. (See Methods for description of wetland designation)

Ambystoma tigrinum Rana pipiens
1995 1996 1995 1996
Wetland Rate Rate Wetland Rate Rate
West West
SS SS
A 0.0 -- A 0.0 --
B 5.4 -- B 0.0 --
SP SP
A 0.4 1.8 A 0.0 2.9
B 0.0 1.9 B 0.0 1.7
C -- 2.4 C -- 2.0
D 2.3 1.6 D 0.0 0.0
E 0.9 1.4 E 0.0 14.8
F 0.4 1.4 F 0.4 1.3
G 0.0 1.3 G 0.4 23.2
PP PP
A 0.0 0.0 A 0.0 0.1
B 0.0 0.0 B 0.1 9.3
East East
SS SS
A 0.0 -- A 0.0 --
B 0.0 -- B 0.0 --
SP SP
A 0.6 -- A 0.1 --
B 0.0 -- B 0.0 --
PP PP
Aa 0.0 0.0 Aa 0.0 0.0
Ab 0.0 0.0 Ab 0.0 0.0
B 0.0 0.7 B 0.0 1.1
mean 0.6 0.9 mean 0.1 4.0
mean PP 0.0 0.1 mean PP 0.0 * 1.9
mean SS/SP 0.9 1.7 mean SS/SP 0.9 6.2

-- water level below funnel entrance; could not be sampled
* 2 animals in 100 traps


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