5.7 Biological Resource Use
Threat Level Very High High
Scientifc Name Aneides aeneus Eurycea junaluska
Common Name
Green Salamander
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Junaluska Salamander Carolina Gopher Frog
Rana [Lithobates] capito
Rana sylvatica [Lithobates sylvaticus] pop.3
Wood Frog—Coastal Plain Pop.
BIRD Catharus fuscescens
Veery
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Pheucticus ludovicianus REPTILE Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake
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SNAIL (AQUATIC) Helisoma eucosmium SNAIL (TERRESTRIAL) Infectarius verus
Greenfeld Rams-horn
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a snail
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5.7 Biological Resource Use Tis threat category considers the consumptive use of wildlife biological resources that may be deliberate (e.g., hunting, harvesting) or unintentional (e.g., fsheries bycatch, accidental mortality). (Salafsky et al. 2008) Hunting, trapping, and collecting animals, including shellfsh harvesting, turtle egg col- lection, pest or predator control, and persecution are considered a biological resource use. Harvesting aquatic wild animals and plants for commercial, recreation, subsistence, research, or cultural purposes, and for population control are also consumptive uses (Salafsky et al. 2008) . Other biological resource uses include clear-cutting of natural hardwood forests, fuel wood collection, charcoal production, and other activities related to harvesting natural stands of trees and woody vegetation for timber, fber, or fuel uses (Salafsky et al . 2008) . Regardless of the reason, method, intentionality, or end use, this category essentially deals with the removal of plants or animals from a particular ecosystem or habitat. Te removal may be selective (i.e., only certain plants or animals) or indiscriminate (e.g., clear-cutting). 5.7.1 Anticipated Impacts Removal of plants or trees can alter habitat and disrupt food webs and energy and nutrient cycles. When the removal is limited, the impacts may be negligible or confned to a single species. Large-scale removals can result in a change of habitat type, such as from a forest to
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2015 NC Wildlife Action Plan
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