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| Author(s): | Scott, David E.;
Metts, Brian S.;
Gibbons, J. Whitfield |
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| Author Affiliation: | Scott: Research Assistant; Gibbons: Professor of Ecology, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Metts: Doctoral Student, University of Georgia |
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| Title: | Seasonal wetlands and golf courses: Judicious management of seasonal wetlands on golf courses can increase amphibian diversity and improve the golfers' experience |
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| Section: | Research
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| Source: | Golf Course Management. Vol. 71, No. 11, November 2003, p. 85-89. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Wetlands; Golf courses in the environment; Biodiversity; Wildlife; Habitat improvement; Constructed wetlands; Lissamphibia
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| Abstract/Contents: | Suggests that "the golf course landscape may provide an ideal opportunity to combine golf course design objectives with conservation goals such as habitat protection and biodiversity enhancement. From a design standpoint, the incorporation of seasonal wetlands into a course layout has the potential to make a course more varied, aesthetically pleasing and challenging. From a conservation standpoint, numerous isolated seasonal wetlands scattered across a habitat mosaic of forested and open areas on a course may create a biodiversity boon for amphibians and some reptiles." Explains that "seasonally flooded wetlands have an ecological value that is disproportinately large relative to the space they require," describing them as "an important refuge for wildlife species, particularly in agricultural landscapes where the wetlands are the last remaining unexploited habitat." Discusses the importance of seasonal wetlands, stating that wetlands are "the most valuable...habitat type for maintaining amphibian diversity in the Southeast." Suggests that "a concerted effort by golf courses to preserve and create new seasonal wetlands has the potential for great conservation value." Presents a study conducted "to examine and compare amphibian use of wetlands on golf courses and off-course seasonal wetlands." Details the procedures used, including "a combination of sampling on five golf courses and in 10 off-course wetlands, surveying the literature, and analyzing earlier data on seasonal wetlands." Compares the species found in permament lakes and ponds to those found in seasonal wetlands, reporting that "wetlands that harbor fish populations are generally not suitable for a diversity of amphibian species" and that "the seasonal wetlands... sampled off golf courses had greater numbers of amphibian species than permanent golf course wetlands." Suggests that "incorporating more seasonal wetlands into the design of golf courses will increase the biodiversity of amphibians." Concludes that "given the need for and benefit of such wetlands in a golf course landscape, additional studies that determine the best methods for constructing these habitats are essential." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 24 |
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| See Also: | See also original version with variant title "Seasonal wetlands and golf courses" USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online, 1(4) April 15, 2002 p. [1-9], R=82790. R=82790 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Scott, D. E., B. S. Metts, and J. W. Gibbons. 2003. Seasonal wetlands and golf courses: Judicious management of seasonal wetlands on golf courses can increase amphibian diversity and improve the golfers' experience. Golf Course Manage. 71(11):p. 85-89. |
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