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Confirmation Bias Perpetuates Century-Old Ecological Misconception: Evidence Against ‘Secretive’ Behavior of Eastern Spadefoots. J HERPETOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1670/20-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Reconnecting Amphibian Habitat through Small Pond Construction and Enhancement, South Okanagan River Valley, British Columbia, Canada. DIVERSITY 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/d10040108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The arid south Okanagan River Valley, British Columbia is a highly-modified landscape; where wetland and riparian habitat loss exceeds 85%, and 88% of remaining wetlands experience at least one harmful anthropogenic stressor. This multi-stressor landscape for amphibian species at risk led to a collaborative stakeholder approach for habitat restoration and species recovery. The main project goal was to increase the quantity and quality of lowland wetland habitat by reconnecting known amphibian-breeding sites with constructed and/or enhanced small ponds. Long-term amphibian monitoring data were used to determine strategic locations for wetland construction and/or enhancement. Habitat enhancement outcomes (Ntotal = 21 sites) since 2006 include 10 newly constructed ponds, enhancement of eight re-contoured ponds after historic infilling, and invasive predatory species removal at three sites. Project ponds were monitored annually (2007 to 2014) for calling frogs, the presence of eggs, and metamorphic emergence. Early signs of colonization and metamorphic success for Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) (N = 13 sites) and Pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla) (N = 7 sites) populations have been observed, however no records of Blotched tiger salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium) colonization has been detected. Wetland habitat construction and enhancement have doubled the number of available fishless ponds to support breeding within the study area and engaged landowners through voluntary stewardship. Whether constructed or enhanced ponds have aided species recovery is unclear, though the colonization and successful metamorphosis of some species provides early supporting evidence that it will.
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Cline BB, Hunter ML. Movement in the matrix: substrates and distance‐to‐forest edge affect postmetamorphic movements of a forest amphibian. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Brittany B. Cline
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology University of Maine 5755 Nutting Hall Orono Maine 04469 USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology University of Maine 5755 Nutting Hall Orono Maine 04469 USA
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Iglay RB, Leopold BD, Miller DA. Summer herpetofaunal response to prescribed fire and herbicide in intensively managed, mid-rotation pine stands in Mississippi. WILDLIFE SOC B 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/wsb.372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Raymond B. Iglay
- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture; Mississippi State University; Box 9690 Mississippi State MS 39762 USA
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture; Mississippi State University; Box 9690 Mississippi State MS 39762 USA
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- Southern Timberlands Technology; Weyerhaeuser NR Company; P.O. Box 2288 Columbus MS 39704 USA
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Scheffers BR, Paszkowski CA. The effects of urbanization on North American amphibian species: Identifying new directions for urban conservation. Urban Ecosyst 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0199-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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