Movement ecology of amphibians: A missing component for understanding population declines

Coupling movement and landscape ecology for animal conservation in production landscapes

“…Finally, although aspects of animal movement have long featured in landscape ecology through metapopulation theory [27], the landscape of fear [28], perceptual range [29] and matrix effects [30], these concepts are mostly considered in isolation. There have been few attempts to integrate animal behaviour and landscape modification through the unified framework of movement ecology (but see [6,7,31]), especially in an applied sense [32,33]. These developments enable novel insights into the internal and external drivers of animal movement, and provide the opportunity to improve the way landscapes are managed for animal conservation.…”

The Importance of Maintaining Upland Forest Habitat Surrounding Salamander Breeding Ponds: Case Study of the Eastern Tiger Salamander in New York, USA

“…Further complicating protection policy is the likelihood that the various sex and size classes within each species would have different resource needs [7,12,21,23,[26][27][28][29]. Potential differences in adult male and female movements and space needs have not been studied in detail in most amphibian species.…”

“…Due to the small size of juvenile amphibians, few studies have looked at juvenile survival, habitat use, and movement. Most studies of juveniles have used drift fence and mark-recapture techniques as opposed to radiotelemetry [3,12,20,27,29,30,39,40], but there have been some successful studies with smaller species of salamanders using powder tracking and PIT tags [41][42][43]. While drift fence methods can provide some information on the extent and direction of juvenile movement, radiotelemetry allows the collection of data on hourly-daily travel, exact foraging areas, burrow use, number of movements, and predation.…”

Riparian vegetation condition influences movement and microhabitat use by Mixophyes fasciolatus in South East Queensland

“…Movement is a fundamental process of all organisms (Pittman et al 2014), and central to many aspects of conservation (Semlitsch 2008). Studies which investigate the movements of organisms are able to provide detailed ecological information on either short or long-term habitat use, which is crucial knowledge for targeted management strategies.…”

“…Movement is a fundamental process of all organisms (Pittman et al 2014), and central to many aspects of conservation, such as the spread of disease and invasive species, changes in land-use patterns, and responses to climate change (Semlitsch 2008). Anuran movement has been primarily investigated in pond breeding species from temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, while studies which investigate the breeding or post-breeding movements and microhabitat use of Australian frogs are limited (Lemckert & Brassil 2000;Lemckert 2004).…”