Uncovering shifting amphibian ecological relationships in a world of environmental change

MJ Lannoo, RM Stiles - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
The amphibian response to climate change has been generally described as phenological
shifts toward earlier breeding periods, with animals exhibiting smaller body sizes and male …

Limits to compensatory responses to altered phenology in amphibian larvae

P Burraco, A Laurila, G Orizaola - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Changes in phenology are among the most pervasive effects of current climate change.
Modifications in the timing of life‐cycle events can affect the behavior, physiology and life …

Thermal physiology and species distribution models reveal climate vulnerability of temperate amphibians

AA Gerick, RG Munshaw, WJ Palen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim High‐latitude ectotherms are predicted to be less physiologically vulnerable to climate
warming than tropical species based on their larger thermal safety margins, the distance …

Global warming and biodiversity: Evidence of climate-linked amphibian declines in Italy

M D'Amen, P Bombi - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
Amphibians are among the most endangered animals on Earth, and climatic shifts are
among the hypothesized factors in their decline. We used spatial patterns of recent …

[PDF][PDF] Reintroduction as an ecosystem restoration

T Polak, D Saltz - Conservation Biology, 2011 - academia.edu
Forero-Medina et al.(2011) propose a novel approach to evaluation of constraints on
species' range shifts in response to increasing temperatures by simulating upslope …

[PDF][PDF] Community-level response to climate change: shifts in anuran calling phenology

AA Walpole, J Bowman, DC Tozer… - Herpetological …, 2012 - herpconbio.org
We explored how climate change affects reproductive phenology in a community of
amphibians. We examined temporal trends in spring and summer temperatures in the Lake …

[HTML][HTML] Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change

C Mi, L Ma, M Yang, X Li, S Meiri, U Roll… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we
collated distributional data for> 14,000 (~ 70% of) species of amphibians and reptiles …

Warming-induced shifts in amphibian phenology and behavior lead to altered predator–prey dynamics

FG Jara, LL Thurman, PO Montiglio, A Sih, TS Garcia - Oecologia, 2019 - Springer
Climate change-induced phenological variation in amphibians can disrupt time-sensitive
processes such as breeding, hatching, and metamorphosis, and can consequently alter size …

Decline of an endangered amphibian during an extreme climatic event

BC Scheele, DA Driscoll, J Fischer, DA Hunter - Ecosphere, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is a poorly understood, emerging threat to many amphibian species. One of
the ways climate change is likely to affect amphibians is through increased recruitment …

Rapid niche shifts in introduced species can be a million times faster than changes among native species and ten times faster than climate change

JJ Wiens, Y Litvinenko, L Harris… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aims As global temperatures rise, the survival of many species may hinge on whether they
can shift their climatic niches quickly enough to avoid extinction. Previous analyses among …