Beaver ponds as habitat of amphibian communities in a central European highlandAmphibia - Reptilia - Tập 28 Số 4 - Trang 493-501 - 2007
Lutz Dalbeck, Beatrice Lüscher, Dagmar Ohlhoff
Abstract The Eurasian beaver Castor fiber, formerly occurred across the
Palaearctic, but was nearly eradicated in the 19th century. Due to
reintroductions in the 20th century, beaver populations are increasing and now
extend into highland areas. Natural still waters are scarce in highlands of
Central Europe. Therefore the question arises, “Are beaver ponds essential
habitats for amphibians?”, espe... hiện toàn bộ
Beavers (Castor fiber) increase habitat availability, heterogeneity and connectivity for common frogs (Rana temporaria)Amphibia - Reptilia - Tập 35 Số 3 - Trang 321-329 - 2014
Lutz Dalbeck, Joyce Janssen, Sophie Luise Völsgen
Beavers (Castor fiber), as typical ecosystem engineers, alter living conditions
especially for amphibians through the building of dams and felling of trees,
thereby changing the hydroperiod and substantially affecting forest succession
stages. In this study we quantify the effects of beavers on the availability of
amphibian breeding waters in the Hürtgenwald, a woodland area in the Central
Europea... hiện toàn bộ
West Palearctic cobras of the genus Naja (Serpentes: Elapidae): interrelationships among extinct and extant speciesAmphibia - Reptilia - Tập 11 Số 4 - Trang 385-400 - 1990
Zbigniew Szyndlar, Jean‐Claude Rage
Abstract Some basic osteological cranial features of living and fossil members
of the genus Naja are described. The extinct genus Palaeonaja Hoffstetter, 1939,
is synonymized with the modern Naja Laurenti, 1768, and the extinct species
Palaeonaja crassa Hoffstetter, 1939, is synonymized with Naja romani
(Hoffstetter, 1939). Anatomically, the genus Naja can be divided into two main
complexes, compo... hiện toàn bộ
Demographic life history traits of reproductive natterjack toads (Bufo calamita) vary between northern and southern latitudesAmphibia - Reptilia - Tập 27 Số 3 - Trang 365-375 - 2006
Delfí Sanuy, Neus Oromi Farrús, Neus Oromí, Ulrich Sinsch
AbstractDemographic life history traits were investigated in three Bufo calamita
populations in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate: Urmitz, 50°N; 1998-2000) and Spain
(Catalonia: Balaguer, Mas de Melons, 41°N; 2004). We used skeletochronology to
estimate the age as number of lines of arrested growth in breeding adults
collected during the spring breeding period (all localities) and during the
summer br... hiện toàn bộ
The temperature-sensitive period (TSP) during incubation of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) eggsAmphibia - Reptilia - Tập 28 Số 1 - Trang 123-128 - 2007
Carlos I. Piña, Pablo Siroski, Alejandro Larriera, Valentine A. Lance, Luciano M. Verdade
Abstract All crocodiles studied to date exhibit temperature-dependent sex
determination. During the many weeks from egg laying to hatch there is a period
of 10 to 15 d in the middle third of incubation (in the American alligator)
during which the sex of the embryo is irreversibly fixed, referred to as the
temperature-sensitive period or TSP. In this work we investigated the TSP in
Caiman latirostr... hiện toàn bộ
Susceptibility of frog (Rana temporaria) and toad (Bufo bufo) eggs to invasion by SaprolegniaAmphibia - Reptilia - Tập 24 Số 3 - Trang 261-268 - 2003
Richard A. Griffiths, James Robinson, P. Jeffries
AbstractInfections of amphibian eggs sometimes cause catastrophic losses of
reproductive effort, but susceptibility to infection in different species is
poorly understood. Using laboratory trials we showed that direct hyphal invasion
of adjacent eggs by Saprolegnia caused a higher incidence of infection than
invasion by zoospores. Moreover, we observed that dead eggs were much more
readily coloniz... hiện toàn bộ