E. Muths W.M. Iko P.S. Corn 2000 <p>We surveyed amphibians at 4 montane and 2 plains lentic sites in northern Colorado using 3 techniques: standardized call surveys, automated recording devices (frog-loggers), and intensive surveys including capture-recapture techniques. Amphibians were observed at 5 sites. Species richness varied from 0 to 4 species at each site. Richness scores, the sums of species richness among sites, were similar among methods: 8 for call surveys, 10 for frog-loggers, and 11 for intensive surveys (9 if the non-vocal salamander <i>Ambystoma tigrinum</i> is excluded). The frog-logger at 1 site recorded <i>Spea bombifrons</i> which was not active during the times when call and intensive surveys were conducted. Relative abundance scores from call surveys failed to reflect a relatively large population of<i> Bufo woodhousii</i> at 1 site and only weakly differentiated among different-sized populations of <i>Pseudacris maculata</i> at 3 other sites. For extensive applications, call surveys have the lowest costs and fewest requirements for highly trained personnel. However, for a variety of reasons, call surveys cannot be used with equal effectiveness in all parts of North America.</p> application/pdf 10.2307/3536896 en Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology A comparison in Colorado of three methods to monitor breeding amphibians article