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Wetland Law and Policy: What You Need To Know (4.0 MB) View
by Bryan Windmiller, Ph.D.
The Difficulty of Protecting Vernal Pool Ecosystems: Perspectives from a Study of Wood Frog and Mole Salamander Breeding Habitat in Northeastern Massachusetts (a paper presented at the Second Annual Eastern Conference of Resource Education Institute, Inc.), 42 pages

The Pond, the Forest, and the City: Spotted Salamander Ecology and Conservation in a Human-Dominated Landscape
by Bryan Windmiller, Ph.D.
Dissertation for Ph.D. in Biology, Tufts University, 1996, 184 pages

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- Studying Terrestrial Habitat Utilization by Ambystoma Salamanders with Radiotelemetry and Drift Fence Arrays: A Comparison -

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- Spatial and Temporal Patterns of habitat Utilization in a Population of Spotted Salamanders -

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- Terrestrial Habitat Availability Limits the Distribution and Abundance of Spotted Salamanders in a Suburban Landscape -

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- Upland Habitat Requirements of Wetlands-Dependent Wildlife: Conservation Dilemnas and Opportunities - Literature Cited

The Limitations of Massachusetts Regulatory Protection for Temporary Pool Breeding Amphibians
by Bryan Windmiller, Ph.D.
Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, 1990, 125 pages
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- Habitat Requirements of Wood Frogs and Mole Salamanders -

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- Legislative Protection for Wood Frog and Mole Salamander Habitat in Massachusetts -

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- The Limitations of Vernal Pool Regulations -

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- Conclusions - Appendix A: Recommendations for Local Vernal Pool Bylaw Regulations - Appendix B: Methodolgies Employed in Measuring OBS Water Volume - Appendix C: Notes - Literature Cited

Evaluation of Created Freshwater Wetlands in Massachusetts
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by Nancy Jarmin, Ross Dobberteen, Bryan Windmiller, and Paul Lelito
Preliminary results indicate that aggressive planting strategies and continued monitoring are essential for more effective wetland creation efforts, from Restoration & Management Notes, Vol.9, No.1, 1991, 4 pages

Influence of Abundance of Small-Mammal Burrows and Conspecifics on the Density and Distribution of Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in Terrestrial Habitats
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Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81: pp. 596–605 (2003), 5 pages. Published on the NRC Research Press Web site at http://cjz.nrc.ca on 30 April 2003.

Terrestrial Habitat Use and Winter Densities of the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) (195 KB) View
by Jonathan V. Regosin, Bryan S. Windmiller, and J. Michael Reed
Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 390–394, 2003, 5 pages. Copyright 2003 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.


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