| Abstract: | As pressures on agricultural landscapes to meet worldwide resource needs increase, amphibian populations face numerous threats including habitat destruction, chemical contaminants, disease outbreaks, wetland sedimentation, and synergistic effects of these perturbations. To facilitate conservation planning, we developed a conceptual model depicting elements critical for amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains. First, we linked upland, wetland, and landscape features to specific ecological attributes. Ecological attributes included adult survival; reproduction and survival to metamorphosis; and successful dispersal and recolonization. Second, we linked ecosystem drivers, ecosystem stressors, and ecological effects of the region to each ecological attribute. Lastly, we summarized information on these ecological attributes and the drivers, stressors, and effects that work in concert to influence the maintenance of viable and genetically diverse amphibian populations in the northern Great Plains. While our focus was on the northern Great Plains, our conceptual model can be tailored to other geographic regions and taxa. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70038508 |
| Citation Author: | Mushnet, David M.; Euliss, Ned H., Jr.; Stockwell, Craig A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Great Plains Research |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 14 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 14 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | University of Nebraska |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains; 2012; Article; Journal; Great Plains Research; Mushnet, David M.; Euliss, Ned H., Jr.; Stockwell, Craig A. |
| Citation Start Page: | 45 |
| Citation Volume: | 22 |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains; 2012; Article; Journal; Great Plains Research; Mushnet, David M.; Euliss, Ned H., Jr.; Stockwell, Craig A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska |
