The long term trend and the distribution of amphibian populations in a semi-natural pond in the middle section of the Târnava-Mare Valley (Romania)

Biota

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Hartel, Tibor ^a  

^a Mircea Eliade College   (Romania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Egg mass distribution; Egg mass mortality; Population trends; Rana dalmatina; Rana temporaria

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BUFO BUFO; HYLA ARBOREA; PELOBATES FUSCUS; RANA ARVALIS; RANA DALMATINA; RANA TEMPORARIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 33747463393     PISSN: 15804208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. ANDERSON, L.W., FOG, K & DAMGAARD, C. 2004: Habitat fragmentation causes bottlenecks and inbreeding in the European tree frog (Hyla arborea). Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 271: 1293-1302.
2. ANTHONY, B. & PUKY, M. 2001: Kétéltuek hang alapján történo monitorozása. CEU/OSI Publications Office 1-18. In Hungarian.
3. BARANDUN, J. & REYER H. -U. 1997a: Reproductive ecology of Bombina variegata: characterization of spawning ponds. Amphibia-Reptilia 18:143-154.
4. BARANDUN, J. & REYER, H.-U. 1997b: Reproductive ecology of Bombina variegata: development of eggs and larvae. Journal of Herpetology 31: 107-110.
5. BARANDUN, J. & REYER, H.-U. 1998: Reproductive Ecology of Bombina variegata: habitat use. Copeia 1998: 497-500.
6. BRODMAN, R. 1996: Effects of intraguild interactions on fitness and microhabitat use of larval Ambystoma salamanders. Copeia 2: 372-378.
7. BRONMARK, C. & EDENHAM, P. 1994: Does the presence of the fish affect the distribution of tree frogs (Hyla arborea)? Conservation Biology 8: 841-845.
8. CARRIER, J-A. & BEEBEE, T. J. C. 2003: Recent, substantial, and unexplained declines of the common toad Bufo bufo in lowland England. Biological Conservation 111: 395-399.
9. CORN, N. S., MUTHS, E. & IKO, W. M. 2000: A comparision in Colorado of three methods to monitor breeding amphibians. Northwestern Naturalist 81: 22-30.
10. DAVIS, T. M., and OVASKA, K. 2001. Individual recognition of amphibians: effects of toe clipping and fluorescent tagging on the salamander Plethodon vehiculum. Journal of Herpetology 35: 217-225.
11. DENTON, J. S., HITCHINGS, S. P., BEEBEE, T. J. C. & GENT, A. 1997: A recovery program for the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) in Britain. Conservation Biology 11: 1329-1338.
12. DODD, K. Jr., and CADE, B. S. 1998: Movement patterns and the conservation of amphibians breeding in small, temporary wetlands. Conservation Biology 12: 331-339.
13. DODD, K. Jr., LOMAN, J., PUKY, M. & COGALNICEANU, D. In prep.: Monitoring and inventorying amphibian populations.
14. DONNELY, M. A., & GUYER, C. 1994: Mark-recapture. In: Heyer, W. R., Donnelly, M. A., McDiarmid, R. W., Hayek, L.-A., & Foster, M.S. eds. Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity. Standard Methods for Amphibians, pp. 183-200. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
15. ELMBERG, J. 1991: Ovarian cyclicity and fecundity in boreal common frogs Rana temporaria L. along a climatic gradient. Functional Ecology. 5: 340-350.
16. FUHN, I.E.1960: FAUNA R.P.R. Amphibia. Editura Academiei R.P.R. Busuresti. In Romanian.
17. FUNK, W.C., ALMEIDA-RREINOSO, NOGALES-SORNOSA, D. & BUSTAMANTE, M. R. 2003. Monitoring population trends of Eleutherodactylus frogs. Journal of Herpetology 37: 245-256.
18. GHIRA, I., VENCZEL, M., COVACIU-MARCOV, S. V., MARA, Gy., GHILE, P., HARTEL, T., TÖRÖK, ZS., FARKAS, L., RA ́CZ, T., FARKAS, Z. & BRAD, T. 2002: Mapping of Transilvanian Herpetofauna. Nymphaea 29: 145-201.
19. GOLLMANN, G., GOLLMANN, B., BAUMGARTNER, C., & WARINGER-LÖSCHENKOHL, A. 2002: Spawning site shifts by Rana dalmatina and Rana temporaria in response to habitat change. Biota 3: 35-42.
20. HAIRSTON N. G. 1996. Predation and Competition in salamander communities. In: Cody, M. L. & Smallwood, J. A. eds.. Long-term study of vertebrate communities. San Diego C A: Academic: 161-187.
21. HARTEL, T. 2001: The factors jeopardizing the amphibians from Mures County, Romania. ACTA (Hargitensia) 8: 121-126. In Hungarian.
22. HARTEL, T. 2002a, in press: The breeding migration and population characteristics of a common toad (Bufo bufo) population in Tarnava Valley, Romania. Transylvanian Review of Ecological and Systematical Research.
23. HARTEL, T. 2002b, in press: The breeding activity and breeding population structure of two Triturus vulgaris populations reproducing in temporary ponds. ACTA (Hargitensia). In Romanian.
24. HARTEL, T. 2003: The breeding biology of the frog Rana dalmatina in Tarnava Mare Valley Romania. Russian Journal of Herpetology 10: 169-175.
25. HARTEL, T. & MOGA, C.-I. 2003: Arguments for a new protected area near Sighisoara: the Serches pond and its surroundings. Unpublished report to Environmental Protection Agency, Targu-Mures. In Romanian.
26. HERO, J.-M. 1989: A simple code for toe clipping anurans. Herp. Review 20: 66-69.
27. JASKULA, J. M. & BRODMAN, R. 2000: Density dependent effects on microhabitat selection and activity of two species of larval Ambystoma salamanders. Jour. Jowa. Acad. Sci. 107: 146-150.
28. JOLY, P., MIAUD, C., LAHMANN, A. & GROLET, O. 2001: Habitat matrix effect on pond occupancy in newts. Conservation Biology 15: 239-248.
29. LACOSTE, V. & DURRER, H. 1998: Past distribution and current status of the common spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) in the plain of the Upper Rhine and strategies of reintroduction. In: Miaud, C. & Guyetant, R. eds. Le Bourget Du Lac/ France. SHE 1998: 239-247.
30. McCARTHY, M. A. & PARRIS, K.M. 2004. Clarifying the effect of the toe clipping on frogs with Bayesian statistics. Journal of Applied Ecology 41: 780-786.
31. MEYER, A. H., SCHMIDT, B.R. & GROSSENBACHER, K. 1998: Analysis of three amphibian populations with quarter century long time series. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 265: 523-528.
32. MÉHELY, L. 1894: Magyarország barna békái (Ranae fuscae Hungariae). A. M. T. Akad. Math. és Term. Tud. Közlemények. XXV: 1-64. In Hungarian.
33. OLDHAM, R. S. 1999: Amphibians and agriculture: double jeopardy. In: Aquatic life cycle strategies. Survival in a variable environment. In: M. Whitfield, J. Matthews, C. Reynolds. eds. Marine Biological Association Plymonth, U.K.: 105-104.
34. OLDHAM, R. S., LATHAM, D.M., HILTON, D.B., TOWNS, M., COOKE, A.S. & BURNS, A. 1997: The effect of ammonium nitrate fertilizer on frog (Rana temporaria) survival. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 61: 69-74.
35. OLDHAM, R. S. & SWAN, M.J.S. 1991: Conservation of amphibians in Britain. In: Seitz, A. & Loeschcke, V. eds. Species Conservation: A Population-Biological Approach: 141-157.
36. PARRIS, K. M. & MCCARTHY, M.A. 2001: Identifying effects of toe clipping on anuran return rates: the importance of statistical power. Amphibia-Reptilia 22: 275-289.
37. PECHMANN, J. K. H., SCOTT, D.E., SEMLITSCH, R. D., CALDWELL, J. P., VITT, L. J. & GIBBONS, J. W. 1991: Declining amphibian populations: the problem of separating human impacts from natural fluctuations. Science 253: 892-895.
38. SCHMIDT, B. R. 2003: Count data, detection probabilities, and the demography, dynamics, distribution, and decline of amphibians. C. R. Biologies 326: 119-124.
39. SCOTT, D. E. 1990: Effects of larval density in Ambystoma opacum: an experiment in large scale field enclosures. Ecology 71: 296-306.
40. SCOTT, D.E. 1994. The effect of larval density on adult demographic traits in Ambystoma opacum. Ecology 75: 1383-1396.
41. SEMLITSCH, R.D. 1998. Biological delineation of terrestrial buffer zones for pond-breeding salamanders. Conservation Biology 12: 1113-1119.
42. SEMLITSCH, R.D., SCOTT, D. E., PECHMANN, J. H. K., GIBBONS, J. W. 1996. Structure and dynamics of an amphibian community: evidence from 16 year study of a natural pond. In: Cody, M. & Smallwood, L. A. eds. Long-term study of vertebrate communities. San Diego C A: Academic: 217-248.