Post-breeding movement and habitat use by wood frogs along an Arctic–Subarctic ecotone
By altering essential micro- and macrohabitat conditions for many organisms, climate change is already causing disproportionately greater impacts on Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems. Yet there is a lack of basic information about many species in northern latitudes, including amphibians. We used radio...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4ef47558bdba447d84bc73d962471854 2023-05-15T14:14:29+02:00 Post-breeding movement and habitat use by wood frogs along an Arctic–Subarctic ecotone Stephanie C. Bishir Blake R. Hossack LeeAnn Fishback Jon M. Davenport 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1487657 https://doaj.org/article/4ef47558bdba447d84bc73d962471854 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1487657 https://doaj.org/toc/1523-0430 https://doaj.org/toc/1938-4246 1523-0430 1938-4246 doi:10.1080/15230430.2018.1487657 https://doaj.org/article/4ef47558bdba447d84bc73d962471854 Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 50, Iss 1 (2018) amphibian manitoba tundra dispersal boreal forest Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1487657 2022-12-31T04:10:54Z By altering essential micro- and macrohabitat conditions for many organisms, climate change is already causing disproportionately greater impacts on Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems. Yet there is a lack of basic information about many species in northern latitudes, including amphibians. We used radio telemetry to study the post-breeding movements and habitat use of wood frogs (Rana [=Lithobates] sylvatica) in the Hudson Bay Lowlands near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. We tracked fifty-seven frogs (thirty-five males, twenty-two females; mean duration = 16.8 d) from three wetlands during the summers of 2015 and 2016. The three wetlands were representative of the Arctic–Subarctic ecotone, with each wetland surrounded by different proportions of boreal forest and tundra. Our results indicate that at the landscape scale, movement distances increased with temperature, and all frogs spent more time in the tundra habitat than in boreal forests, relative to the availability of each habitat type. At the microhabitat scale (1 m2 plots), frogs selected areas with greater amounts of standing water, sedge, and shrubs. These results provide information on terrestrial movement patterns and critical habitat data for northern populations of wood frogs in a Subarctic environment, which will aid in understanding how climate change will affect amphibians in this rapidly changing ecosystem. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Arctic Churchill Climate change Hudson Bay Subarctic Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada Hudson Hudson Bay Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 50 1 e1487657 |
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By altering essential micro- and macrohabitat conditions for many organisms, climate change is already causing disproportionately greater impacts on Arctic and Subarctic ecosystems. Yet there is a lack of basic information about many species in northern latitudes, including amphibians. We used radio telemetry to study the post-breeding movements and habitat use of wood frogs (Rana [=Lithobates] sylvatica) in the Hudson Bay Lowlands near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. We tracked fifty-seven frogs (thirty-five males, twenty-two females; mean duration = 16.8 d) from three wetlands during the summers of 2015 and 2016. The three wetlands were representative of the Arctic–Subarctic ecotone, with each wetland surrounded by different proportions of boreal forest and tundra. Our results indicate that at the landscape scale, movement distances increased with temperature, and all frogs spent more time in the tundra habitat than in boreal forests, relative to the availability of each habitat type. At the microhabitat scale (1 m2 plots), frogs selected areas with greater amounts of standing water, sedge, and shrubs. These results provide information on terrestrial movement patterns and critical habitat data for northern populations of wood frogs in a Subarctic environment, which will aid in understanding how climate change will affect amphibians in this rapidly changing ecosystem. |
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Post-breeding movement and habitat use by wood frogs along an Arctic–Subarctic ecotone |
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Post-breeding movement and habitat use by wood frogs along an Arctic–Subarctic ecotone |
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