An examination of multiple factors affecting community structure in an aquatic amphibian community
dc.contributor.author | Cortwright, Spencer A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nelson, Craig E. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T19:23:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T19:23:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Cortwright, Spencer A.; Nelson, Craig E.; (1990). "An examination of multiple factors affecting community structure in an aquatic amphibian community." Oecologia 83(1): 123-131. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47785> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-1939 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-8549 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/47785 | |
dc.description.abstract | The potential effects of multiple factors structuring certain larval amphibian communities were studied using a pen experiment in a natural pond. Potential factors (predation and competition from other species) were allowed to act in a stepwise fashion such that their relative importance could be evaluated. Based on a previous study, it was hypothesized that predation by Ambystoma salamander larvae on other larval amphibian species would be the most important factor. Survival of Ambystoma jeffersonianum salamander larvae and Rana sylvatica tadpoles was significantly depressed only by Ambystoma opacum predation. Survival of Ambystoma maculatum salamander larvae was significantly greater in the absence of both A. opacum and A. jeffersonianum predators. The virtual elimination of Hyla chrysoscelis larvae in all treatments also can be largely attributed to Ambystoma predation. Thus, Ambystoma predation was the dominant factor determining larval survival of four amphibian prey species in the experimental communities. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Plant Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Predation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Multiple Factors | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Community Structure | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Competition | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Amphibians | en_US |
dc.title | An examination of multiple factors affecting community structure in an aquatic amphibian community | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA; Department of Biology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Biology, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47785/1/442_2004_Article_BF00324643.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00324643 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Oecologia | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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