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Appendix 1. Data form and codes/definitions for the Del Norte salamander, Siskiyou Mountains salamander, and Shasta salamander.

1. Date Use Day/Month/Year (08Aug95).
2. Site Visit Number Circle the appropriate number.
3. Start/End Time Record the time when the survey begins and ends. Use military time.
4. Location Record Township, Range, Section and 1/4 Section.
5. Latitude/Longitude Record to the nearest second (").
6. Elevation Record to the nearest meter.
7. Aspect Record aspect the slope faces.
8. Slope Record slope of habitat (%).
9. Weather Record appropriate letter code for each.
- Sky = Clear, Partly cloudy, Very cloudy
- Moisture = Dry, Foggy, Intermittent rain, Light rain, Heavy Rain
- Wind = None, Light, Moderate, Strong
10. Start/End Temp. Record beginning and ending air Temperature (oC).
11. Start/End Rel.Hum. Record beginning and ending air Relative Humidity (%).
12. Rock Type Circle the dominant rock type: rubble (round and thick, slate (flat and thin) or mixed.
13. Rock Size Circle the dominant rock size: Gravel (2-32 mm diameter), Pebble (33-64 mm diam.), Cobble (65-256 mm diam.), or Boulder (>256 mm diam.).
14. Soil Temp. Record soil temperature at 10 cm below the surface at each soil station (oC).
15. Soil Rel. Hum. Record soil relative humidity at each soil station.
16. Canopy Closure Record canopy closure using a spherical densiometer (%) at each soil station. Record the amount of canopy closed in each of four directions, then average.
17. Total Min. Sampled Sum the minutes sampled by all observers.
18. Observer/Time Record observer initials and time spent searching (min)
19. Species Use four letter code of latin binomial: the first two letters of the genus and the first two letters of the specific name, using all capitalized letters. For example, Plethodon elongatus would be recorded as PLEL.
20. Stage Categories include: Juvenile, Subadult, Adult.

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