Are wetland regulations cost effective for species protection? A case study of amphibian metapopulations

DM Bauer, PWC Paton, SK Swallow - Ecological Applications, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent declines in amphibian populations have raised concern among conservation
biologists, with habitat loss and degradation due to human activities among the leading …

Predation modifies larval amphibian communities in urban wetlands

AJ Hamer, KM Parris - Wetlands, 2013 - Springer
Fish introduced into wetlands can impact amphibian populations through predation on eggs
and larvae. While relationships among hydroperiod, habitat complexity and predation on …

Dispersal and the metapopulation paradigm in amphibian ecology and conservation: are all amphibian populations metapopulations?

M Alex Smith, D M. Green - Ecography, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibians are frequently characterized as having limited dispersal abilities, strong site
fidelity and spatially disjunct breeding habitat. As such, pond‐breeding species are often …

Value of artificial habitats for amphibian reproduction in altered landscapes

AB Brand, JW Snodgrass - Conservation Biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Installation and maintenance of stormwater ponds to detain and treat runoff from impervious
surfaces is a common method of stormwater control in developed areas. That these ponds …

Cross‐scale effects of structural and functional connectivity in pond networks on amphibian distribution in agricultural landscapes

A Jeliazkov, R Lorrillière, A Besnard… - Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Connectivity in pond ecosystems is essential for amphibian population persistence. To test
the role of connectivity, a diversity of scales accounting for the different processes underlying …

[PDF][PDF] Strategies to maintain amphibian populations on golf courses

WC PETER - 2003 - researchgate.net
B" ologists are increasingly concerned with amphibian populations because of documented
declines on local, regional, and even global scales. A variety of factors have been implicated …

Amphibian use of constructed ponds on Maryland's eastern shore

CE Merovich, JH Howard - Journal of the Iowa Academy of …, 2000 - scholarworks.uni.edu
Amphibian assemblages were sampled at nine constructed ponds (three in each age
category: new ponds-age< 1 yr, young ponds-age 4-5 yr, old ponds-age> 30 yr) on …

A co‐development approach to conservation leads to informed habitat design and rapid establishment of amphibian communities

D O'Brien, JE Hall, A Miró, K O'Brien… - … Solutions and Evidence, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Effective wildlife restoration is a critical requirement of many conservation actions. The
outcome of conservation interventions can be optimized through knowledge of species' …

The transferability of distribution models across regions: an amphibian case study

F Zanini, J Pellet, BR Schmidt - Diversity and Distributions, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Predicting species distribution is of fundamental importance for ecology and
conservation. However, distribution models are usually established for only one region and …

Amphibian colonization and use of ponds created for trial mitigation of wetland loss

JHK Pechmann, RA Estes, DE Scott, JW Gibbons - Wetlands, 2001 - Springer
Created ponds were built as an experiment in mitigating the loss of a wetland to
construction. We monitored amphibian breeding population sizes and juvenile recruitment at …