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 …

Critical elements for biologically based recovery plans of aquatic‐breeding amphibians

RD Semlitsch - Conservation biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss of biodiversity and the increasing number of threatened or endangered
species have focused attention on conservation and species‐recovery strategies. Because …

Metapopulation dynamics and amphibian conservation

DM Marsh, PC Trenham - Conservation biology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
La dinámica espacial de anfibios se asemeja de muchas maneras a los modelos
metapoblacionales clásicos donde las subpoblaciones en los estanques de reproducción …

The effects of adjacent land use on wetland amphibian species richness and community composition

JE Houlahan, CS Findlay - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 2003 - cdnsciencepub.com
Habitat destruction and fragmentation have been identified as possible causes of large-
scale amphibian declines. Here, we examine the effects of adjacent land use and water …

Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands

G John Measey, M Vences, RC Drewes… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Amphibians are a model group for studies of the biogeographical origins of salt‐
intolerant taxa on oceanic islands. We used the Gulf of Guinea islands to explore the …

Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

J Garcia-Porta, SN Litvinchuk, PA Crochet… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
In most pan-Eurasiatic species complexes, two phenomena have been traditionally
considered key processes of their cladogenesis and biogeography. First, it is hypothesized …

Declining amphibian populations: a global phenomenon in conservation biology

T Gardner - Animal biodiversity and conservation, 2001 - raco.cat
Declining amphibian populations: a global phenomenon in conservation biology.—The
majority of the recent reductions in the Earth's biodiversity can be attributed to direct human …

Microsatellite variation and fine‐scale population structure in the wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

RA Newman, T Squire - Molecular Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated genetic population structure in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) from a series of
Prairie Pothole wetlands in the northern Great Plains. Amphibians are often thought to exist …

Fine‐scale genetic pattern and evidence for sex‐biased dispersal in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus

KP Lampert, AS Rand, UG Mueller… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Túngara frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus) are a model system for sexual selection and
communication. Population dynamics and gene flow are of major interest in this species …

Huge populations and old species of Costa Rican and Panamanian dirt frogs inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences

AJ Crawford - Molecular Ecology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular genetic data were used to investigate population sizes and ages of
Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), a species‐rich group of small leaf‐litter frogs …