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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Autores principales: Sanchez, L.C., Busch, M., Madanes, N.
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Materias:
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
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires
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spelling todo:paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez2023-10-03T14:58:11Z Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae) Sanchez, L.C. Busch, M. Madanes, N. 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. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Sanchez, L.C.
Busch, M.
Madanes, N.
Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
topic_facet 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
description 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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author Sanchez, L.C.
Busch, M.
Madanes, N.
author_facet Sanchez, L.C.
Busch, M.
Madanes, N.
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title Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
title_short Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
title_full Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
title_fullStr Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
title_full_unstemmed Terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (Anura: Bufonidae)
title_sort terrestrial habitat use by the burrowing toad, rhinella fernandezae (anura: bufonidae)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01397893_v59_n2_p122_Sanchez
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