Biological criteria for buffer zones around wetlands and riparian habitats for amphibians and reptiles

RD Semlitsch, JR Bodie - Conservation biology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial habitats surrounding wetlands are critical to the management of natural
resources. Although the protection of water resources from human activities such as …

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 …

Effect of road traffic on two amphibian species of differing vagility

LW Carr, L Fahrig - Conservation Biology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Vehicular traffic can be a major source of mortality for some species. Highly vagile
organisms may be at a disadvantage in landscapes with roads because they are more likely …

The ecology of extinction: population fluctuation and decline in amphibians

DM Green - Biological conservation, 2003 - Elsevier
Even among widespread species with high reproductive potentials and significant dispersal
abilities, the probability of extinctions should be correlated both with population size …

Anuran development, density and diversity in relation to agricultural activity in the Holland River watershed, Ontario, Canada (1990–1992)

CA Bishop, NA Mahony, J Struger, P Ng… - Environmental Monitoring …, 1999 - Springer
Significantly lower anuran species diversity and density was recorded in a vegetable
growing area relative to upstream and downstream sites in the Holland River watershed …

Seasonal migration of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) among complementary resources in a high mountain basin

DS Pilliod, CR Peterson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2002 - cdnsciencepub.com
La protection d'une espèce requiert qu'on sache comment elle répartit ses activités et ses
déplacements parmi les ressources complémentaires, comme les territoires de reproduction …

Effects of experimental forestry treatments on a Maine amphibian community

DA Patrick, ML Hunter Jr, AJK Calhoun - Forest Ecology and Management, 2006 - Elsevier
Predicting how timber harvesting will influence sensitive taxa such as amphibians is of
critical importance for sustainable management of forests. In 2004 and 2005, we studied the …

Spring migration distances of some Central European amphibian species

R Kovar, M Brabec, R Vita, R Bocek - Amphibia-reptilia, 2009 - brill.com
Migration distances of eight species of amphibians were studied at 14 sites in the Czech
Republic in the course of the 2007 spring migration season. Drift fences with pit-fall traps …

[图书][B] The amphibians and reptiles of Alberta: a field guide and primer of boreal herpetology

AP Russell, AM Bauer, W Lynch, I McKinnon - 2000 - books.google.com
Amphibians and reptiles (herpetofauna) are a significant but much-neglected component of
the natural economy of the province of Alberta. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta …

Colonization of restored wetlands by amphibians in Minnesota

RM Lehtinen, SM Galatowitsch - The American Midland Naturalist, 2001 - BioOne
Abstract Twelve wetlands (7 recently restored; 5 reference) in central and southern
Minnesota were monitored during the 1998 breeding season to assess colonization of …