Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
We studied the association between environmental variables and the terrestrial habitat use by adults of the burrowing toad Rhinella fernandezae in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We assessed the cover type, height of vegetation, soil moisture and hardness. We compared these habitat variables in quadrats wh...
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paper:paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez2023-06-08T15:10:59Z Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) Distribution of toad burrows Microhabitat Soil hardness Soil moisture Vegetation burrowing environmental change habitat use microhabitat population distribution soil moisture terrestrial ecosystem toad vegetation cover Argentina Anura Bufonidae Rhinophrynidae We studied the association between environmental variables and the terrestrial habitat use by adults of the burrowing toad Rhinella fernandezae in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We assessed the cover type, height of vegetation, soil moisture and hardness. We compared these habitat variables in quadrats where toads were present along a transect (n = 30 quadrats, 19 with toad burrows) with respect to randomly chosen quadrats (n = 17). We found that R. fernandezae does not use the habitat at random, and that habitat variables that mostly infl uenced its habitat use were soil hardness after raining, probably because it facilitates the construction of burrows, and broad-leaved plant cover, which may be affecting toads indirectly through other habitat variables, such as shadowing, air moisture and refuge from predators. 2010 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez |
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Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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Distribution of toad burrows Microhabitat Soil hardness Soil moisture Vegetation burrowing environmental change habitat use microhabitat population distribution soil moisture terrestrial ecosystem toad vegetation cover Argentina Anura Bufonidae Rhinophrynidae |
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Distribution of toad burrows Microhabitat Soil hardness Soil moisture Vegetation burrowing environmental change habitat use microhabitat population distribution soil moisture terrestrial ecosystem toad vegetation cover Argentina Anura Bufonidae Rhinophrynidae Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Distribution of toad burrows Microhabitat Soil hardness Soil moisture Vegetation burrowing environmental change habitat use microhabitat population distribution soil moisture terrestrial ecosystem toad vegetation cover Argentina Anura Bufonidae Rhinophrynidae |
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We studied the association between environmental variables and the terrestrial habitat use by adults of the burrowing toad Rhinella fernandezae in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We assessed the cover type, height of vegetation, soil moisture and hardness. We compared these habitat variables in quadrats where toads were present along a transect (n = 30 quadrats, 19 with toad burrows) with respect to randomly chosen quadrats (n = 17). We found that R. fernandezae does not use the habitat at random, and that habitat variables that mostly infl uenced its habitat use were soil hardness after raining, probably because it facilitates the construction of burrows, and broad-leaved plant cover, which may be affecting toads indirectly through other habitat variables, such as shadowing, air moisture and refuge from predators. |
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Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) |
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terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (anura: bufonidae) |
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2010 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez |
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