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 th...... 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 w...... 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-sen...... 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 th...... hiện toàn bộ