Habitat fragmentation and the distribution of amphibians: patch and landscape correlates in farmland

MB Kolozsvary, RK Swihart - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1999 - cdnsciencepub.com
We studied the effects of agriculturally induced fragmentation of forests and wetlands on
amphibian assemblages and their distribution in a landscape of the midwestern United …

Assessing the use of call surveys to monitor breeding anurans in Rhode Island

WB Crouch, PWC Paton - Journal of Herpetology, 2002 - BioOne
Our objective was to develop a long-term monitoring program that quantified anuran
population trends in Rhode Island. Because road-based, manual call surveys are widely …

Intersexuality and the cricket frog decline: historic and geographic trends

AL Reeder, MO Ruiz, A Pessier… - Environmental …, 2005 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Exposure to anthropogenic endocrine disruptors has been listed as one of several potential
causes of amphibian declines in recent years. We examined gonads of 814 cricket frogs …

Multivariate analyses of the influences of water chemistry and habitat parameters on the abundances of pond-breeding amphibians

R Brodman, J Ogger, T Bogard, AJ Long… - Journal of Freshwater …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
We surveyed 104 potential amphibian-breeding sites in northwest Indiana for the presence
and abundance of amphibians, habitat parameters, and water chemistry. Linear regression …

The Enigmatic Decline of Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi): A Test of the Habitat Acidification Hypothesis

RM Lehtinen, AA Skinner - Copeia, 2006 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Blanchard's Cricket Frogs (Acris crepitans blanchardi) are geographically
widespread and historically common, yet they are in decline throughout much of the …

Effects of terrestrial buffer zones on amphibians on golf courses

HJ Puglis, MD Boone - PloS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
A major cause of amphibian declines worldwide is habitat destruction or alteration. Public
green spaces, such as golf courses and parks, could serve as safe havens to curb the effects …

[PDF][PDF] A 14-year study of amphibian populations and metacommunities

R Brodman - Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2009 - herpconbio.org
I used data from a 14 year survey of the amphibian fauna (14 species) in Jasper County,
Indiana, USA, to detect population and diversity trends, and to test hypotheses regarding the …

Skeletal morphogenesis of the vertebral column of the miniature hylid frog Acris crepitans, with comments on anomalies

LA Pugener, AM Maglia - Journal of morphology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Although the vertebral columns of anurans have received much study in the last 150 years,
few detailed descriptions exist of the skeletal morphogenesis of this anatomical unit. Herein …

Historical changes of reptiles and amphibians of northwest Indiana fish and wildlife properties

R Brodman, S Cortwright, A Resetar - The American Midland Naturalist, 2002 - BioOne
We conducted the first formal quantitative study of the herpetofauna of the Jasper-Pulaski,
Willow Slough and LaSalle Fish and Wildlife areas (FWA) in northwest Indiana from 1994 …

[PDF][PDF] Occurrence of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) in the US Midwest

SL Steiner, RM Lehtinen - Herpetological review, 2008 - stroudcenter.org
Results.—Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was detected in 15.1%(31 of 205) of samples
from Blanchard's Cricket Frogs (Table 1). Within infected sites, prevalence of infection was …