All good questions! Jane, I seem to think that wouldn't be a problem.
They don't hibernate, just get torpid, so I expect they'd be able to
respond to thermal stress by moving lower if it did become a problem. But
if there's no hard frost in the ground, they're probably in good shape in
any regard. I suspect some others on the list may have better insight than
the seat-of-the-pants guess I'm making...
Shep, I don't recall the work you mentioned, but that might just be age
throwing an elbow. Anyone else know if that work's been done? Think of
all of the Ph.D. projects!!
M
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Jane Berkshire Environmental Action Team <
jane@thebeatnews.org> wrote:
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> Then there is the question - with no insulating snow cover, did many of
> the salamanders go deep enough to not freeze?
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> /Jane/
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