Iowa's frog and toad survey, 1995-2003. [PDF]
, 2005 This survey began in response to widespread interest of declines in amphibians. More recently, a comprehensive statewide planning group discovered 44% of Iowa’s herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) to be of special concern.
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Monitoring herpetofauna in a managed forest landscape: effects of habitat types and census techniques [PDF]
, 2002 We surveyed the herpetofaunal (amphibian and reptile) communities inhabiting five types of habitat on a managed landscape. We conducted monthly surveys during 1997 in four replicate plots of each habitat type using several different methods of collection.
Dorcas, Michael E. +5 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 6, Issue 1, January–February 2024.This study has examined vertebrate blood meals in Ornithodoros turicata soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from two locations in Texas, USA. Vertebrates from 274 individual O. turicata revealed 27 different vertebrate hosts and were compared to camera trap observations in both locations showing over‐ or under‐utilization of different hosts. O.
Sujata Balasubramanian +11 more
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Historical and Archaeological Investigations at the Site of Rivercenter Mall (Las Tiendas), San Antonio, Texas [PDF]
, 1999 From October 1984 to July 1985, the Center for Archaeological Research of The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted testing and mitigation on a three-block area intended to become a shopping center in downtown San Antonio.
Fox, Anne A., Renner, Marcie
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Avon Park Air Force Range project: distribution and abundance of sensitive wildlife species at Avone Park Force Range [PDF]
, 1998 Executive Summary. We surveyed for seven species ofsensitve wildlife (Florida gopher frogs, gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Florida mouse, Florida roundtail muskrat, Sherman's fox squirrel) between October 1996 ...
Franz, Richard +4 more
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No preference in female sika deer for conspecific over heterospecific male sexual calls in a mate choice context [PDF]
, 2014 Mating signals can be used both in contexts of species recognition and mate quality assessment. This study examines species recognition abilities in oestrous females presented with male mating calls from both conspecifics and closely related allopatric ...
Charlton, B D +3 more
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Creation of temporary ponds for amphibians in northern and central Europe [PDF]
, 2001 More than 4000 ponds have been created or restored in Denmark since 1985 as part of a large-scale pond-digging programme to protect endangered amphibians in particular and pond flora and fauna in general.
Briggs, Lars
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Species assignment in the pelophylax ridibundus x P. perezi hybridogenetic complex based on 16 newly characterised microsatellite markers [PDF]
, 2016 Pelophylax perezi is an Iberian green waterfrog with high tolerance to habitat alteration that at times shows local population growth and demographic expansion, even where other species decline.
Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Jorge +4 more
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Reproductive Phenophases and Clutch Characteristics of Selected Arkansas Amphibians [PDF]
, 1990 Seasonal reproductive phenomena in 13 species of salamanders and 16 species of anurans from Arkansas were investigated. Most specimens were collected during a span of 6 years (1985-1990). Clutch characteristics, including mensural and meristic data, were
Butterfield, Brian P. +4 more
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Texas coastal zone biotopes : an ecography : interim report for the Bay and Estuary Management Program (CRMP) [PDF]
, 1972 November 1972Because esthetics, biological environment and physiography are so interrelated and have changeable meanings in various environments, we are obligated to think of the environment in terms of biological change, as environmental protection is ...
Gordon, Kennith G. (Kennith Glenn), 1930- +1 more
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