How plants affect amphibian populations

A Burrow, J Maerz - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Descriptions of amphibian habitat, both aquatic and terrestrial, often include plants as
characteristics but seldom is it understood whether and how those plants affect amphibian …

Infection status as the basis for habitat choices in a wild amphibian

GM Barrile, AD Chalfoun… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Animals challenged with disease may select specific habitat conditions that help prevent or
reduce infection. Whereas preinfection avoidance of habitats with a high risk of disease …

Spatial and temporal patterns of water loss in heterogeneous landscapes: using plaster models as amphibian analogues

WE Peterman, JL Locke… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
Water balance is critical to survival, growth, and performance of many terrestrial organisms
because it can influence foraging time, limit dispersal, and curtail courtship activities. Water …

Importance of local weather and environmental gradients on demography of a broadly distributed temperate frog

DS Pilliod, RM McCaffery, RS Arkle, RD Scherer… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphibian populations are sensitive to environmental temperatures and moisture, which
vary with local weather conditions and may reach new norms and extremes as …

Livestock grazing, climatic variation, and breeding phenology jointly shape disease dynamics and survival in a wild amphibian

GM Barrile, AD Chalfoun, AW Walters - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildlife responses to infectious disease can be influenced by environmental stressors that
alter host-pathogen dynamics. We investigated how livestock grazing, climatic variation, and …

Ground cover and native ant predation influence survival of metamorphic amphibians in a southeastern pine savanna undergoing restoration

AK Burrow, BA Crawford, JC Maerz - Restoration Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Longleaf pine savannas historically supported abundant ground cover maintained by
frequent fire but little other disturbance. Ground cover creates microclimates with lower …

Retreat site occupation and short-term movements in an oasis-dwelling frog in relation to temperature-humidity conditions

J Dhib, M Comas, G Moreno-Rueda, S Selmi - Journal of Arid …, 2024 - Elsevier
The roles of temperature and humidity in sha** diurnal retreat site occupation and short-
term movements in amphibians in desert environments have scarcely been studied. In this …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of habitat composition, season and gender on habitat selection by western toads (Anaxyrus boreas)

CL Browne, CA Paszkowski - Herpetological Conservation and …, 2014 - researchgate.net
The Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a species of conservation concern in much of its
range. We used radio-telemetry to track 116 adult toads in three study areas that were …

Habitat associations and fine-scale movements of the Red-Spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) in Kansas and the efficacy of remote telemetry for monitoring small …

E Russell - 2023 - scholars.fhsu.edu
As climate change progresses, arid-adapted anurans might be particularly susceptible to
population declines because of their reliance on ephemeral pools for successful …

Phylogenetic investigation of skin sloughing rates in frogs: Relationships with skin characteristics and disease-driven declines

MEB Ohmer, RL Cramp, CR White… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibian skin is highly variable in structure and function across anurans, and plays an
important role in physiological homeostasis and immune defence. For example, skin …