Climate impacts amphibians but isn’t main reason for decline
Researchers know that frogs, toads and salamanders have been facing steep declines in recent decades, but is climate change the main driver? Putting together data ...
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Salamanders’ breeding season affects dispersal, gene flow
Recent research on salamander gene flow in the forests of Missouri indicates that when deciding which ponds to protect on a landscape to conserve amphibian ...
JWM study: Where Maine’s montane amphibians breed
In the mountains of Maine, where spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) and wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) breed in temporary vernal pools, they depend most ...
Shelterwood harvest is good for lizards, bad for salamanders
A common forestry practice may be bad for salamanders, but good for lizards, according to a recent U.S. Forest Service study published in Forest Ecology and ...
Climate Change May Impact Northwest Mountain Amphibians
Warmer winters and the changing nature of precipitation may have negative effects on amphibians that live in the mountainous wetlands of the Pacific Northwest, ...
Salamanders Change Habitat Use With Prescribed Fires
Some salamanders may change the way they use habitat as trees are burned, thinned out or restored to historical oak savanna conditions, according to a new study. ...