The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation due to gas drilling in the northeastern U.S. have not been widely studied, though a study done on reptile and amphibian diversity at gas well sites in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia suggests that the picture may be complicated. They found that while they found fewer woodland salamanders near gas wells than they did in forests, they found more amphibians, including American toad tadpoles, in areas with higher road densities. They believe the drainage ditches serve as breeding grounds. They also found no difference in the number of reptiles near gas wells and in forests farther away from them, and found the small mammal population to be higher near gas wells than farther away from them. The small mammals they found are characteristic of early successional habitats, habitats that are recovering from a recent disturbance, like the kind of habitat provided by a gas well. More
research is needed to determine the likely impacts of gas well driven habitat fragmentation in New York
The effects of habitat loss and fragmentation due to gas drilling in the northeastern U.S. have not been widely studied, though a study done on reptile and amphibian diversity at gas well sites in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia suggests that the picture may be complicated. They found that while they found fewer woodland salamanders near gas wells than they did in forests, they found more amphibians, including American toad tadpoles, in areas with higher road densities. They believe the drainage ditches serve as breeding grounds. They also found no difference in the number of reptiles near gas wells and in forests farther away from them, and found the small mammal population to be higher near gas wells than farther away from them. The small mammals they found are characteristic of early successional habitats, habitats that are recovering from a recent disturbance, like the kind of habitat provided by a gas well. More
research is needed to determine the likely impacts of gas well driven habitat fragmentation in New York
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