DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.004
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84924911833
论文题名: Quantifying multi-scale habitat use of woody biomass by southern toads
作者: Fritts S.R. ; Grodsky S.M. ; Hazel D.W. ; Homyack J.A. ; Castleberry S.B. ; Moorman C.E.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 346 起始页码: 81
结束页码: 88
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Amphibian
; Anaxyrus terrestris
; Bioenergy
; Down woody debris
; Southern toad
; Woody biomass harvest
Scopus关键词: Debris
; Ecosystems
; Enclosures
; Forestry
; Piles
; Rain
; Telecommunication equipment
; Telemetering equipment
; Amphibian
; Anaxyrus terrestris
; Bio-energy
; Southern toad
; Woody biomass
; Woody debris
; Biomass
; foraging behavior
; habitat use
; refuge
; renewable resource
; seasonal variation
; toad
; woody debris
; Amphibia
; Anura
; Bufo terrestris
英文摘要: Woody biomass extraction for use as a feedstock for renewable energy may remove woody debris that provides suitable micro-climates for amphibians. We examined habitat use of the southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) as an indicator of relationships between amphibians and woody biomass in pine plantations of the southeastern United States using a controlled enclosure experiment and a field-based radio-telemetry study. In the enclosure experiment, we recorded toad selection among four 16-m2 treatments that varied in area of ground surface covered by coarse woody debris (CWD) and spatial allocation of CWD. Treatments were: (1) ≈100% of the ground area covered by CWD in one large pile (volume of CWD=1.10m3, 100CWD); (2) ≈50% of the ground area covered with CWD in one large pile (volume of CWD=0.60m3, 50PILE); (3) ≈50% of the ground area covered with CWD dispersed throughout the treatment (volume of CWD=0.25m3, 50DISP); and (4) no CWD (0CWD). In the radio-telemetry study, we identified southern toad daytime refuge locations and compared habitat characteristics to paired random locations. From May to August 2013, toads (n=47) did not use enclosure treatments randomly during nocturnal hours (P<0.01), and ranking of treatments from most to least selected was 0CWD, 100CWD, 50DISP, 50PILE. When no rain events occurred, toads spent a greater proportion of time during nocturnal hours in 100CWD as temperature increased (P=0.03). Toads used 100CWD 75% of the time for diurnal refuge. Radio-marked toads (n=37) avoided grass (P<0.01) and bare ground (P<0.01) as diurnal refuge sites. Although radio-marked toads used CWD, other cover sources also were used as refuge sites and toads did not select CWD cover (P=0.11) over other diurnal refuge types. Our results suggest woody biomass in recently harvested pine plantations is not an essential habitat characteristic during nocturnal hours and therefore may not be important for foraging. Yet, woody biomass may provide diurnal refuge for southern toads, and likely other amphibians, when desiccation risk is high (i.e., temperatures are high and rain does not occur). Additionally, southern toads may use woody biomass for diurnal refuge when other cover sources are not available, but can exhibit behavioral plasticity when cover sources such as vegetation are accessible. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65473
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作者单位: North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Box 7646, Raleigh, NC, United States; North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Box 7646, Raleigh, NC, United States; Weyerhaeuser Company, 1785 Weyerhaeuser Road, Vanceboro, NC, United States; University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Athens, GA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Fritts S.R.,Grodsky S.M.,Hazel D.W.,et al. Quantifying multi-scale habitat use of woody biomass by southern toads[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,346