The Interaction of Predation, Competition, and Habitat Complexity in Structuring an Amphibian Community

Sredl, Michael J.; Collins, James P.

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“…The absence of fish is considered a positive factor in five studies (Beebee, 1996;Petranka et al, 2004;Porej and Hetherington, 2005;Vasconcelos and Calhoun, 2006;Chester and Robson, 2013) and a negative factor in three other studies (Sredl and Collins, 1992;Bishop et al, 2000;. The presence of fish has direct and indirect negative impacts on frog larvae (e.g., Porej and Hetherington, 2005;Hamer and Parris, 2011) but some species show resistance to fish predation (Kats et al, 1988;Gunzburger and Travis, 2005;McCarthy and Lathrop, 2011).…”

Section: Factors That Positively or Negatively Influence The Ecologicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The pond banks inclination is cited in the literature as a characteristic that can make ponds traps for amphibians Absence of fish or other predators Beebee, 1996;Petranka et al, 2004;Porej and Hetherington, 2005;Vasconcelos and Calhoun, 2006;Chester and Robson, 2013 Aquatic vegetation (providing refuge against predators, nesting site, shade and production of oxygen) Sredl and Collins, 1992;Hamer et al, 2002;Egan and Paton, 2004;Pearl et al, 2005;Skidds et al, 2007;Hamer and McDonnell, 2008;Hamer and Organ, 2008;Hamer and Parris, 2011;Chester and Robson, 2013;Holzer, 2014 ( Table 3). For example, Parris (2006) registers, on the basis of a predictive model, a decrease of more than 40% in the species richness measured in stormwater ponds due to the presence of a vertical wall.…”

Section: Factors That Positively or Negatively Influence The Ecologicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…References of the studies Lack of connectivity Ostergaard et al, 2008;Birx-Raybuck et al, 2010 Changes in the hydrological cycle Hamer and McDonnell, 2008; Long or permanent hydroperiod facilitating fish presence McCarthy andLathrop, 2011 Seasonality Stebbins andCohen, 1995;Babbitt, 2005 Presence of fish or other predators Sredl and Collins, 1992;Bishop et al, 2000; Water pollution (affecting survival and reproduction) Phillips, 1990;Blaustein et al, 1994;McCarthy andLathrop, 2011 Toxicity of pollutants Campbell, 1994;Rouse et al, 1999;Gillespie, 2001;Hatch and Blaustein, 2003;Houlahan and Findlay, 2003;Kats and Ferrer, 2003;Massal et al, 2007;Otto et al, 2007;Wik et Proximity to urban areas Hitchings and Beebee, 1997;Gagné and Fahrig, 2007;Hamer and McDonnell, 2008 Woody species too close to the pond (causing shade and decreasing water temperature) Thurgate and Pechmann, 2007 Human disturbance Rodríguez-Prieto and Fernández-Juricic, 2005 Artificial light affecting amphibians calls and reproduction cycles Baker and Richardson, 2006 Noise pollution affecting calls Sun and Narins, 2005;Bee and Swanson, 2007 characteristics of ponds and their surroundings but also on the ecology of the colonizing species. While water pollution seems to be one of the main characteristics for defining stormwater ponds as ecological traps for amphibians (Bishop et al, 2000;Collins and Russell, 2009;Gallagher et al, 2014), many studies show that its effect varies depending on species and pollution levels, (McCarthy and Lathrop, 2011;…”

Section: Factors With Negative Effectsmentioning

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A Review of the Factors That Determine Whether Stormwater Ponds Are Ecological Traps And/or High-Quality Breeding Sites for Amphibians

Clevenot

Pech

2018

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Stormwater ponds were originally constructed to control the quantity and quality of runoff on urban roads and highways before it was released to the environment. Often, stormwater ponds were designed in a technical feat of civil engineering, with no particular ecological or landscape objective in mind. Nevertheless, they are colonized spontaneously by diverse species, including amphibians. Through an initial review of the scientific literature, the objective of this study was to understand which factors determine whether a pond can be considered as an ecological trap or a valuable breeding site for amphibians. The first step was to question the role of the pond environment as a major factor in its colonization by amphibians, demonstrating that not all ponds are colonized by the same variety of species. The internal factors in the ponds that define them as ecological traps or sustainable breeding sites for amphibians was also considered. After confirming the functional and structural similarity between highway and urban stormwater ponds, 25 publications were compared, with study sites mostly located in Europe and North America, which concern the colonization of stormwater ponds by amphibians in urban or highway areas. Several factors were identified that may affect the ecological viability of these basins: (1) the factors related to the shape of the ponds (inclination of the banks, materials used, etc.,); (2) the biotic factors (aquatic vegetation, presence of predators, etc.,); (3) the abiotic factors (luminosity, water level in the ponds, etc.,); and (4) water pollutants. The low number of publications on this subject, as well as the low variety in the location of study sites, only allow cautious conclusions to be drawn. In particular, stormwater ponds located in highly anthropogenic landscapes can be both ecological traps and suitable habitats for amphibian breeding. This depends on the species that colonize each pond, many internal factors, and the environmental context in which it is embedded. Additional research is therefore needed in other parts of the world-particularly in amphibian biodiversity hotspots-as well as other impact factors such as the effects of different maintenance practices.

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Section: Factors That Positively or Negatively Influence The Ecologicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Factors That Positively or Negatively Influence The Ecologicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Factors With Negative Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Review of the Factors That Determine Whether Stormwater Ponds Are Ecological Traps And/or High-Quality Breeding Sites for Amphibians

Clevenot

Pech

2018

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…Temporal variation in larval aggression has been examined in the context of environmental changes occurring within ponds (Semlitsch and Reichling, 1989;Sredl and Collins, 1992;Bridges, 1999). However, less frequently observed are changes occurring within individual larvae, with the most notable example being the shift in diet and behavior associated with the development of the cannibal phenotype in Ambystoma tigrinum (Powers, 1907;Reilly et al, 1992).…”

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Ontogenetic Patterns of Agonistic Behavior in a Guild of Larval Ambystomatid Salamanders

Mott¹,

Sparling²

2009

Journal of Herpetology

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“…Such patterns arise from different processes, reflecting specific habitat requirements (Pianka 1973, Sredl andCollins 1992), resource distributions (Duellman 1990, Mesquita et al 2006, and extensions of the social interactions (Connell 1980, Eterovick 2003.…”

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Contribuição de variáveis ambientais à estrutura de comunidade de anuros no Domínio da Caatinga of Brazil

Xavier¹,

Napoli²

2011

Phyllomedusa

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Contribution of environmental variables to anuran community structure in the Caatinga Domain of Brazil. To ascertain the influence of environmental variables on the structure of anuran communities, we conducted tests to determine which variables best explain the spatial distribution patterns of different communities of anurans in a rocky, montane environment characterized mainly by open habitats and gallery forests. The study area is the Sete Passagens State Park in the State of Bahia, Brazil, an area included in the Chapada Diamantina Region and in the Caatinga Morphoclimatic Domain. We sampled 20 plots (60 × 25 m) during two rainy seasons, and measured 13 environmental variables. The environmental matrix was reduced to four synthetic axes through the principal component analysi, and the anuran community matrix was reduced to a synthetic axis through the nonmetric multidimensional scaling method. We tested the association between environmental axes (independent variables) and community composition (dependent variable) using a multiple regression analysis. The single axis significantly associated with the species of anurans found in any given plot is Principal Component 1, in which the major contributors to variation are factors involving vegetation structure, listed in descending order, as follow: percentage of leaf litter, density of trees, canopy height, soil moisture, and percentage of understory, shrub, and herb layers. The ordination of the anuran community showed an environmental gradient from the Campo Rupestre to Semideciduous Forest patches, characterized mainly by the gradual increase of layering in the vegetation.

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The Interaction of Predation, Competition, and Habitat Complexity in Structuring an Amphibian Community

Cited by 60 publications

References 36 publications

A Review of the Factors That Determine Whether Stormwater Ponds Are Ecological Traps And/or High-Quality Breeding Sites for Amphibians

A Review of the Factors That Determine Whether Stormwater Ponds Are Ecological Traps And/or High-Quality Breeding Sites for Amphibians

Ontogenetic Patterns of Agonistic Behavior in a Guild of Larval Ambystomatid Salamanders

Contribuição de variáveis ambientais à estrutura de comunidade de anuros no Domínio da Caatinga of Brazil

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