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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. |