@article{matthews_moorman_greenberg_waldrop_2010, title={Response of reptiles and amphibians to repeated fuel reduction treatments}, volume={74}, DOI={10.1111/j.1937-2817.2010.tb01251.x}, abstractNote={Abstract:Recent use of prescribed fire and fire surrogates to reduce fuel hazards has spurred interest in their effects on wildlife. Studies of fire in the southern Appalachian Mountains (USA) have documented few effects on reptiles and amphibians. However, these studies were conducted after only one fire and for only a short time (1–3 yr) after the fire. From mid‐May to mid‐August 2006 and 2007, we used drift fences with pitfall and funnel traps to capture reptiles and amphibians in a control and 3 replicated fuel‐reduction treatments: 1) twice‐burned (2003 and 2006), 2) mechanical understory cut (2002), and 3) mechanical understory cut (2002) followed by 2 burns (2003 and 2006). We captured fewer salamanders in mechanical + twice‐burned treatment areas than in twice‐burned and control treatment areas, but we captured more lizards in mechanical + twice‐burned treatment areas than in other treatment areas. Higher lizard captures in mechanical + twice‐burned treatment areas likely was related to increased ground temperatures and greater thermoregulatory opportunities. Higher and more variable ground temperatures and faster drying of remaining litter and duff may have led to fewer salamander captures in mechanical + twice‐burned treatment areas. Our longer term results, after 2 prescribed burns, differ from shorter term results. After one prescribed burn at the same site, eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) captures were greater in mechanical + burn treatment areas but salamander captures did not differ among treatment areas. Our results indicate that multiple (≥2) fuel‐reduction treatments that decrease canopy cover may benefit lizards but negatively affect salamanders.}, number={6}, journal={Journal of Wildlife Management}, author={Matthews, C. E. and Moorman, C. E. and Greenberg, C. H. and Waldrop, T. A.}, year={2010}, pages={1301–1310} }
 @article{matthews_moorman_greenberg_waldrop_2009, title={Response of soricid populations to repeated fire and fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains}, volume={257}, ISSN={["1872-7042"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.006}, abstractNote={Fuel hazards have increased in forests across the United States because of fire exclusion during the 20th century. Treatments used to reduce fuel buildup may affect wildlife, such as shrews, living on the forest floor, especially when treatments are applied repeatedly. From mid-May to mid-August 2006 and 2007, we used drift fences with pitfall traps to capture shrews in western North Carolina in 3 fuel reduction treatment areas [(1) twice-burned (2003 and 2006), (2) mechanical understory cut (2002), and (3) mechanical understory cut (2002) followed by 2 burns (2003 and 2006)] and a control. We captured 77% fewer southeastern shrews (Sorex longirostris) in mechanical + twice-burned treatment areas than in mechanical treatment areas in 2006, but southeastern shrew captures did not differ among treatment areas in 2007. Total shrew captures did not differ among treatment areas in either year. Decreases in leaf litter, duff depth, and canopy cover in mechanical + twice-burned treatment areas may have decreased ground-level moisture, thereby causing short-term declines in southeastern shrew captures. Prescribed fire or mechanical fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains did not greatly affect shrew populations, though the combination of both treatments may negatively affect some shrew species, at least temporarily.}, number={9}, journal={FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT}, author={Matthews, Charlotte E. and Moorman, Christopher E. and Greenberg, Cathryn H. and Waldrop, Thomas A.}, year={2009}, month={Apr}, pages={1939–1944} }
 @article{deperno_matthews_pollock_woodward_2008, title={Visible implant fluorescent elastomer: A reliable marking alternative for snakes}, volume={39}, number={3}, journal={Herpetological Review}, author={DePerno, C. and Matthews, C. and Pollock, K. and Woodward, D.}, year={2008}, pages={301–303} }