Behavioral syndromes: an integrative overview

A Sih, AM Bell, JC Johnson… - The quarterly review of …, 2004 - journals.uchicago.edu
ABSTRACT A behavioral syndrome is a suite of correlated behaviors expressed either
within a given behavioral context (eg, correlations between foraging behaviors in different …

Alien predators and amphibian declines: review of two decades of science and the transition to conservation

LB Kats, RP Ferrer - Diversity and distributions, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, numerous studies have shown that alien predators contributed to
amphibian population declines. Both experimental studies and correlative field surveys …

On the ecological roles of salamanders

RD Davic, HH Welsh Jr - Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Salamanders are cryptic and, though largely unrecognized as such, extremely
abundant vertebrates in a variety of primarily forest and grassland environments, where they …

Principles for management of aquatic-breeding amphibians

RD Semlitsch - The journal of wildlife management, 2000 - JSTOR
Coordinated efforts by ecologists and natural resource managers are necessary to balance
the conservation of biological diversity with the potential for sustained economic …

Agricultural ponds support amphibian populations

MG Knutson, WB Richardson, DM Reineke… - Ecological …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In some agricultural regions, natural wetlands are scarce, and constructed agricultural
ponds may represent important alternative breeding habitats for amphibians. Properly …

Antipredator defenses and the persistence of amphibian larvae with fishes

LB Kats, JW Petranka, A Sih - Ecology, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Communities of larval amphibians in fishless habitats often differ strikingly from those in
habitats with fish. We surveyed larvae of 15 amphibian species to determine if presence or …

The effects of predatory fish on amphibian species richness and distribution

SJ Hecnar, RT M'Closkey - Biological conservation, 1997 - Elsevier
Amphibian communities at 178 ponds across southwestern Ontario, Canada, were studied
to determine if presence of predatory fish was related to altered amphibian species richness …

Effect of introduced crayfish and mosquitofish on California newts

SC Gamradt, LB Kats - Conservation Biology, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Reportes recientes sobre la declinación a nivel mundial de anfibios han apresurado
investigaciones sobre causas posibles. A pesar de esta atención, permanecen evidencias …

Reversing introduced species effects: experimental removal of introduced fish leads to rapid recovery of a declining frog

VT Vredenburg - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Amphibian population declines and extinctions are occurring even in the world's least
impacted areas. The introduction and spread of nonnative predators is one of many …

Predator-prey interactions among fish and larval amphibians: use of chemical cues to detect predatory fish

JW Petranka, LB Kats, A Sih - Animal Behaviour, 1987 - Elsevier
Gravitational flow-through systems were used to determine whether larvae of two-lined
salamanders, Eurycea bislineata, and Cope's grey treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, use chemical …