An Experimental Test of Buffer Utility as a Technique for Managing Pool-Breeding Amphibians [PDF]
Vegetated buffers are used extensively to manage wetland-dependent wildlife. Despite widespread application, buffer utility has not been experimentally validated for most species.
Babbitt, Kimberly J. +1 more
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Regional climate change impacts on wild animals' living territory in Central Europe [PDF]
In this paper the projected future impact of climate change has been analyzed for the quality of living conditions of the European terrestrial vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals) in the Carpathian Basin.
Bartholy, J. +4 more
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An annotated check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Colorado [PDF]
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Maslin, T. Paul
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Effects of Increased Salinity on Growth, Development and Survival in Early Life Stages of the Green Toad Bufotes Variabilis (Anura: Bufonidae) [PDF]
This study examined the effects of increased salinity on growth, development and survival of the Green toad, Bufotes variabilis during embryonic, hatching and early larval periods. Eggs from a single cohort of B.
Mozafar SHARIFI +3 more
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Distribution and diversity of amphibians in Albania: new data and foundations of a comprehensive database [PDF]
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Jablonski, Daniel +6 more
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Update on the ecology and conservation of the endangered and umbrella species: Pelobates varaldii [PDF]
El sapo de espuelas marroquí Pelobates varaldii es un endemismo de las llanuras atlánticas del noroeste de Marruecos que cría en charcas temporales de largo hidroperíodo.
Hinckley, Arlo +3 more
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Surviving in Europe : geopolitics of biodiversity conservation illustrated by a proxy species Viola uliginosa [PDF]
Building strategies for continental-scale conservation is challenging due to evolutionary and geopolitical problems. How do policy choices arise from this setting?
Abeli +105 more
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A new ant species of the genus Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with a remarkable nest entrance architecture [PDF]
A new ant species, Anochetus daedalus, is described based on worker caste collected from a nest in secondary tropical semi-evergreen forest from Sirsi, Karnataka, India, part of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
Dharma Rajan, Priyadarsanan +1 more
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Consequences of life history switch point plasticity for juvenile morphology and locomotion in the Túngara frog [PDF]
Many animals with complex life cycles can cope with environmental uncertainty by altering the timing of life history switch points through plasticity. Pond hydroperiod has important consequences for the fitness of aquatic organisms and many taxa alter ...
Charbonnier, Julie, Vonesh, James R.
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Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]
Background: Genetic architecture of a species is a result of historical changes in population size and extent of distribution related to climatic and environmental factors and contemporary processes of dispersal and gene flow.
Daniel Jablonski +9 more
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