Descriptions of amphibian habitat, both aquatic and terrestrial, often include plants as
characteristics but seldom is it understood whether and how those plants affect amphibian …

Geographically isolated wetlands provide a critical habitat for pond-breeding amphibians, a
taxa of broad conservation concern. Global wetland loss and degradation has made …

Natural disturbances can drive disease dynamics in animal populations by altering the
microclimates experienced by hosts and their pathogens. Many pathogens are highly …

Black ash wetlands cover approximately 1.2 million ha of wetland forest in the western Great
Lakes region, providing critical habitat for wildlife. The future of these wetlands is critically …

Freshwater pond communities exhibit strong patterns in species composition in response to
environmental gradients such as ecosystem size, disturbance and productivity, serving as …

Isolated wetlands embedded within longleaf pine savannas support a high proportion of
regional biodiversity including many amphibian species. Today, remnant isolated wetlands …

The hydroperiod of ephemeral wetlands is often the most important characteristic
determining amphibian breeding success, especially for species with long development …

It is of vital importance that aquatic conservation is evidence based, and in the field of
farmland pond management and restoration evidence was largely lacking until an article …

Ecological communities are complex entities that can be maintained and structured by niche-
based processes such as environmental conditions, and spatial processes such as …

The mechanisms structuring aquatic communities across environmental gradients are often
difficult to distinguish from one another and can produce similar patterns of species …