Quantifying multi-scale habitat use of woody biomass by southern toads

Authors:

Fritts, S.R., Grodsky, S.M. et al.

Publication source:

Forest Ecology and Management

Year:

2015

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DOI

Publication image:

Female southern toad with a radio transmitter

Publication summary:

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.

CSC Region:

Southeast CSC