Contrasting effects of temperature and precipitation change on amphibian phenology, abundance and performance

GF Ficetola, L Maiorano - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Climate change is determining a generalized phenological advancement, and amphibians
are among the taxa showing the strongest phenological responsiveness to warming …

N-mixture models reliably estimate the abundance of small vertebrates

GF Ficetola, B Barzaghi, A Melotto, M Muraro… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Accurate measures of species abundance are essential to identify conservation strategies. N-
mixture models are increasingly used to estimate abundance on the basis of species counts …

Passive acoustic monitoring effectively detects Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls over a range of forest conditions

LS Duchac, DB Lesmeister, KM Dugger, ZJ Ruff… - The Condor, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Passive acoustic monitoring using autonomous recording units (ARUs) is a fast-growing
area of wildlife research especially for rare, cryptic species that vocalize. Northern Spotted …

Relicts in the mist: Two new frog families, genera and species highlight the role of Pantepui as a biodiversity museum throughout the Cenozoic

A Fouquet, PJR Kok, RS Recoder, I Prates… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The iconic mountains of the Pantepui biogeographical region host many early-diverging
endemic animal and plant lineages, concurring with Conan Doyle's novel about an ancient …

N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments

Estimates of animal abundance provide essential information for population ecological
studies. However, the recording of individuals in the field can be challenging, and accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation planning for Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica) in smaller rivers of the Ganga River Basin, India

GC Das, AA Usmani, SP Sharma, S Guha, SZ Ali… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complex and dynamic networks of river system, vital for the maintenance of biodiversity
and ecosystem services, are under pressure due to human-induced water stress disrupting …

Clearing up the crystal ball: Understanding uncertainty in future climate suitability projections for amphibians

AJ Zellmer, P Slezak, TS Katz - Herpetologica, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Amphibian populations are threatened globally, and one of the hypotheses for these
declines is climate change. Species distribution models are frequently used to predict …

Testing accuracy and agreement among multiple versions of automated bat call classification software

KR Goodwin, EH Gillam - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic monitoring is a common method of studying bats that involves recording
echolocation calls of bats in their natural environment. Call sequences are then identified to …

Recent and future threats to the Endangered Cuban toad Peltophryne longinasus: potential additive impacts of climate change and habitat loss

ME Cobos, RA Bosch - Oryx, 2018 - cambridge.org
Habitat loss and climate change are major threats to amphibian species worldwide. We
combined niche modelling under various climatic scenarios with analysis of habitat loss and …

Habitat and population structure of the Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, Mexico

JAL Barão-Nóbrega - 2021 - salford-repository.worktribe.com
The Yucatan Peninsula (YP) is one of the most recognizable parts of Mexico and is well
known as one of the significant areas in Mesoamerica which supported the Mayan …