Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity

BC Scheele, F Pasmans, LF Skerratt, L Berger… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Anthropogenic trade and development have broken down dispersal barriers, facilitating the
spread of diseases that threaten Earth's biodiversity. We present a global, quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Species distribution models with field validation, a key approach for successful selection of receptor sites in conservation translocations

D Draper, I Marques, JM Iriondo - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Conservation translocations of threatened species are being widely used to mitigate human
impacts. However, their effects are surrounded by some controversy since these actions …

Response to thermal and hydric regimes point to differential inter-and intraspecific vulnerability of tropical amphibians to climate warming

P Delgado-Suazo, PA Burrowes - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In Puerto Rico, an island threatened by climate warming, only one of two species of
frogs that share part of their distribution has undergone a recent range contraction to higher …

Breeding sites of a narrowly distributed amphibian, a key element in its conservation in the face of global change

ME Cobos, R Alonso Bosch - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global change processes (including climate change, sea‐level rise, and land‐use change,
among others) represent significant threats to biodiversity. These changes are usually …

Postrelease Survival of Eleutherodactylus coqui: Advancing Managed Translocations as an Adaptive Tool for Climate-Vulnerable Anurans

R Chaparro, AC Rivera-Burgos, MJ Eaton… - …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Translocating amphibians to alternative, suitable habitat is a climate adaptation strategy
aimed at minimizing the risk of extinction due to projected global warming and drying …

Toward a resilience-based conservation strategy for wetlands in Puerto Rico: meeting challenges posed by environmental change

JA Collazo, AJ Terando, AC Engman, PF Fackler… - Wetlands, 2019 - Springer
Designing conservation strategies in human-dominated landscapes is challenging, owing to
complex human-natural systems and evolving societal values. To meet this challenge, a …

Climate as a driver of tropical insular diversity: comparative phylogeography of two ecologically distinctive frogs in Puerto Rico

BS Barker, JA Rodríguez‐Robles, JA Cook - Ecography, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of late Quaternary climate on distributions and evolutionary dynamics of insular
species are poorly understood in most tropical archipelagoes. We used ecological niche …

Occupancy and Abundance of Eleutherodactylus Frogs in Coffee Plantations in Puerto Rico

KD Monroe, JA Collazo, K Pacifici, BJ Reich… - …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Shaded coffee plantations are of conservation value for many taxa, particularly for resident
avifauna in the face of extensive landscape changes. Yet, little is known about the value of …

[BUCH][B] Characterizing Metabolic Responses of Eleutherodactylus Frogs in Puerto Rico to Different Thermal Treatments: Implications for Conservation and …

R Chaparro - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Amphibians are vulnerable to extinction owing, partly, to altered physiological processes
induced by projected global warming and drying. Understanding the mechanisms behind …