Opposing responses to ecological gradients structure amphibian and reptile communities across a temperate grassland-savanna-forest landscape

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Ralph Grundel, David Beamer, Gary Glowacki, Krystalynn Frohnapple, Noel Pavlovic]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Biodiversity and Conservation, 24/5(2015-05-01), 1089-1108
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Temperate savannas are threatened across the globe. If we prioritize savanna restoration, we should ask how savanna animal communities differ from communities in related open habitats and forests. We documented distribution of amphibian and reptile species across an open-savanna-forest gradient in the Midwest U.S. to determine how fire history and habitat structure affected herpetofaunal community composition. The transition from open habitats to forests was a transition from higher reptile abundance to higher amphibian abundance and the intermediate savanna landscape supported the most species overall. These differences warn against assuming that amphibian and reptile communities will have similar ecological responses to habitat structure. Richness and abundance also often responded in opposite directions to some habitat characteristics, such as cover of bare ground or litter. Herpetofaunal community species composition changed along a fire gradient from infrequent and recent fires to frequent but less recent fires. Nearby (200-m) wetland cover was relatively unimportant in predicting overall herpetofaunal community composition while fire history and fire-related canopy and ground cover were more important predictors of composition, diversity, and abundance. Increased developed cover was negatively related to richness and abundance. This indicates the importance of fire history and fire related landscape characteristics, and the negative effects of development, in shaping the upland herpetofaunal community along the native grassland-forest continuum. 
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690 7 |a Ecotone  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Fire  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Herpetofaunal conservation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Savannas  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Wetlands  |2 nationallicence 
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700 1 |a Beamer  |D David  |u Nash Community College, 27804, Rocky Mount, NC, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Glowacki  |D Gary  |u Lake County Forest Preserves, 1899 West Winchester Rd., 60048, Libertyville, IL, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Frohnapple  |D Krystalynn  |u Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1100N. Mineral Springs Rd., 46304, Porter, IN, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pavlovic  |D Noel  |u Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1100N. Mineral Springs Rd., 46304, Porter, IN, USA  |4 aut 
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