Habitat use by stream-breeding frogs in south-east Sulawesi, with some preliminary observations on community organization

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme R. Gillespie ◽  
David Lockie ◽  
Michael P. Scroggie ◽  
Djoko T. Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Habitat Partitioning ◽  
Tropical Stream ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Oviposition Sites ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Spatial Habitat

The habitat associations of stream-breeding frogs were examined along a series of stream transects on Buton Island in south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia. Of the eight frog species located along streams, four were observed breeding in stream habitats. We examined spatial habitat partitioning among these species. Three of the four species were found to be associated with a non-random selection of the available perch sites. Strong partitioning between species in habitat associations was found; partitioning of the available habitat space was primarily associated with differences in proximity to stream features, and in the height of perch sites. General observations indicated that oviposition sites of most species were associated with the microhabitats in which the adult frogs were found. All four stream-breeding species appear to have synchronous breeding phenologies and the spatial relationships of these species within the habitat space appear to reflect partitioning of calling sites and oviposition sites. The stream-breeding frog community in this region of Sulawesi has much lower species richness and less specialized habitat use compared with other tropical stream-breeding frog communities in the region.

Habitat use of co-occurring burying beetles (genus Nicrophorus) in southeastern Ontario, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. 591-602
Author(s):  
K.W. Burke ◽  
J.D. Wettlaufer ◽  
D.V. Beresford ◽  
P.R. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Habitat Associations ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Habitat Partitioning ◽  
Shared Resources ◽  
Burying Beetles ◽  
Local Diversity ◽  
Nicrophorus Orbicollis ◽  
Nicrophorus Marginatus

The coexistence of closely related species plays an important role in shaping local diversity. However, competition for shared resources can limit the ability of species to coexist. Many species avoid the costs of coexistence by diverging in habitat use, known as habitat partitioning. We examine patterns of habitat use in seven co-occurring species of burying beetles (genus Nicrophorus Fabricius, 1775), testing the hypothesis that Nicrophorus species partition resources by occupying distinct habitats. We surveyed Nicrophorus abundance and 54 habitat characteristics at 100 random sites spanning an environmentally diverse region of southeastern Ontario, Canada. We found that three species occupied distinct habitat types consistent with habitat partitioning. Specifically, Nicrophorus pustulatus Herschel, 1807, Nicrophorus hebes Kirby, 1837, and Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius, 1801 appear to be specialists for forest canopy, wetlands, and open fields, respectively. In contrast, Nicrophorus orbicollis Say, 1825, Nicrophorus sayi Laporte, 1840, and Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber, 1801 appear to be generalists with wide breadths of habitat use. We were unable to identify the habitat associations of Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim, 1846. Our findings are consistent with habitat acting as an important resource axis along which some Nicrophorus species partition; however, divergence along other resource axes (e.g., temporal partitioning) also appears important for Nicrophorus coexistence.

Movement patterns and habitat use of rainforest stream frogs in northern Queensland, Australia: implications for extinction vulnerability

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi J. L. Rowley ◽  
Ross A. Alford
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Sedentary Behaviour ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Tropical Stream ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Effective Conservation ◽  
Study Species

Amphibians are one of the most highly threatened groups of animals, but their effective conservation is hampered by a paucity of basic ecological knowledge, particularly for tropical stream-breeding species, in which declines have been most common and severe. We examined the movement patterns and habitat use of three stream-breeding frog species at five sites in northern Queensland, Australia. Movement and habitat use differed significantly among species. Litoria lesueuri moved more frequently and greater distances than did our other study species, and was often located away from streams, moving between intact rainforest and highly disturbed environments. Litoria genimaculata moved less frequently and shorter distances and was more restricted to stream environments compared with L. lesueuri, but was often located in the canopy. L. genimaculata occasionally moved large distances along and between streams, but was never located outside of intact rainforest. Litoria nannotis moved almost as frequently as the other species, but remained in streams during the day, did not move large distances along or between streams, and was always located within intact rainforest. Because of its sedentary behaviour, narrow habitat tolerance and affinity for stream environments, L. nannotis may be more vulnerable to extinction in human-modified landscapes compared with L. lesueuri and L. genimaculata.

Habitat Use and Selection of the Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusin an Agricultural-Wetland Mosaic

Ardeola ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Alves ◽  
Joaquim Pedro Ferreira ◽  
Inês Torres ◽  
Carlos Fonseca ◽  
Milena Matos
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Selection Of

Habitat use and coexistence of three territorial herbivorous damselfish on different-size patch reefs

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 2265-2272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihisa Hattori ◽  
Takuro Shibuno
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
Patch Reef ◽  
Back Reef ◽  
Intraspecific Interactions ◽  
Reef Area ◽  
Patch Reefs ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Random Placement

In local reef fish communities, species richness increases with increasing reef area. At Ishigaki Island, Japan, species richness is much lower on large reefs in the shallow back reef than that expected from random placement model simulations (RPMS). As three aggressive territorial herbivorous damselfish, Stegastes nigricans, Stegastes lividus and Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon, coexist only on such large reefs, we focused on these species and examined patterns of their distribution and abundance on 84 patch reefs of various sizes (area and height). We also examined their aggressive intra- and interspecific behavioural interactions and habitat use on the two large reefs (the largest complex patch reef and the large flat patch reef) among the 84 patch reefs. While the abundance of both S. lividus and H. plagiometopon was highly correlated with patch reef area, that of S. nigricans was closely correlated with patch reef height. For S. nigricans and S. lividus, interspecific interactions occurred significantly more frequently than intraspecific interactions on the large flat patch reef. However, there was no significant difference in frequencies of the two interaction types on the largest complex patch reef, where they three-dimensionally segregated conspecific territories. This study suggested that reef height as well as reef area influence the distribution and abundance of these territorial herbivorous damselfish in the shallow back reef. As large patch reefs cannot be tall allometrically in shallow back reefs, relatively flat patch reefs may not have the high species richness expected from RPMS based on reef area.

scholarly journals Reduced predator species richness drives the body gigantism of a frog species on the Zhoushan Archipelago in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiming Li ◽  
Feng Xu ◽  
Zhongwei Guo ◽  
Xuan Liu ◽  
Changnan Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Predator Species ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Zhoushan Archipelago

In the land of giants: habitat use and selection of the Aldabra giant tortoise on Aldabra Atoll

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 3183-3198 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Walton ◽  
R. Baxter ◽  
N. Bunbury ◽  
D. Hansen ◽  
F. Fleischer-Dogley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Selection Of

Habitat use and microhabitat selection of two lizard species with different niche requirements in a resource availability gradient

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Sergio Alejandro Terán-Juárez ◽  
Eduardo Pineda ◽  
Jorge Víctor Horta-Vega ◽  
José Rogelio Cedeño-Vázquez ◽  
Alfonso Correa-Sandoval ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Microhabitat Selection ◽  
Lizard Species ◽  
Selection Of

A 28-years-long monitoring study suggests heavy decline and habitat shifts in three populations of a Mediterranean tortoise species

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Rugiero ◽  
Massimo Capula ◽  
Daniele Dendi ◽  
Fabio Petrozzi ◽  
Massimiliano Di Vittorio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Thermal Ecology ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Monitoring Study ◽  
Testudo Hermanni ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Long-term ecological studies are important for understanding wild populations’ dynamics and processes and the actual factors that can determine their decline. Here, we report the results of a 28-years-long (1992–2019) monitoring of three distinct populations of a tortoise, Testudo hermanni, in Central Italy, with an emphasis on their population abundance trends and on the eventual variation in their habitat use across years and among the study areas. Samplings were conducted by Visual Encounter Survey (VES) methodology, and using a suite of statistical analyses including correlations and Generalized Linear Models analyses. Our data showed a statistically significant decline in tortoise sightings through time, and concurrently also a variation in habitat use by tortoises. In all the three study areas, we observed a significant increase of tortoise sighting frequency in the habitat type characterized by high (>taller than 200 cm) shrubby and wooded vegetation. Since our analyses revealed no significant change in the habitat type availability by year in each study area, we suggest that T. hermanni was increasingly selecting closed vegetation spots throughout the years. We hypothesize that this observed trend of shift in habitat selection could be due to lowering their body temperatures to prevent overheating. So, the selection of more covered spots would be a thermal ecology adaptive consequence of the ongoing global warming.

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