caa a22 4500 606165029 CHVBK 20210128100651.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10144-015-0483-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10144-015-0483-4 Highlighting the effects of land-use change on a threatened amphibian in a human-dominated landscape [Elektronische Daten] [Hugo Cayuela, Julie Lambrey, Jean-Pierre Vacher, Claude Miaud] In Western Europe, habitat loss and landscape fragmentation has led to significant population decline in various animal groups, including amphibians. The extinction of the last natural populations of the yellow-bellied toad in Belgium, Luxembourg and several regions of southern and western France suggests a widespread decline. By using site-occupancy models and adding covariates corresponding to the human-influenced features of the landscape, we tried to identify the relative effects of different land-use types on the species' distribution pattern in a man-made environment (the Alsatian Rhine floodplain in France). We recorded presence-absence data in 150 forest sample plots (300×300m) and then modeled species distribution while taking into account detection errors in the field. Land-use was recorded on two spatial scales: within the forest sample plots and in a 1500m radius buffer area around the forest plots. In the forest plots, toad occurrence was negatively correlated with loss of forest cover to agricultural land. In contrast, occurrence is positively correlated with the density of human-made rutted dirt paths and tracks, which provide semi-natural breeding sites. In the 1500m radius buffer zones around forest plots, toad occurrence was negatively correlated with the density of urbanization and road networks. These results can be used to plan conservation strategies for amphibians in human-dominated landscapes. The Society of Population Ecology and Springer Japan, 2015 Amphibian nationallicence Detection nationallicence Land-use nationallicence Occupancy models nationallicence Yellow-bellied toad nationallicence Cayuela Hugo Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, Université Lyon I, CNRS, UMR 5023, 69622, Villeurbanne, France aut Lambrey Julie BUFO, Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie, 68000, Colmar, France aut Vacher Jean-Pierre BUFO, Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie, 68000, Colmar, France aut Miaud Claude Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Biogéographie des Vertébrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175, 34293, Montpellier, France aut Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/2(2015-04-01), 433-443 1438-3896 57:2<433 2015 57 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0483-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0483-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cayuela Hugo Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, Université Lyon I, CNRS, UMR 5023, 69622, Villeurbanne, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lambrey Julie BUFO, Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie, 68000, Colmar, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vacher Jean-Pierre BUFO, Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie, 68000, Colmar, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miaud Claude Laboratoire d'Ecologie et de Biogéographie des Vertébrés, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175, 34293, Montpellier, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Population Ecology Springer Japan 57/2(2015-04-01), 433-443 1438-3896 57:2<433 2015 57 10144