Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest
Figure 5.6. Aftermath of the 1987 crash of anuran populations in the Monteverde area in relation to local patterns of distributi ...
Table 5.3. Faunal similarity at the species level between the Monteverde area and two other localities, La Selva in the Caribbea ...
ians and reptiles and the factors that influence them. We lack sufficient data on growth, maturation, fecun- dity, and survivors ...
1983-1988- 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1984 1989 Year Figure 5.7. Year-to-year variation in the abundance of anoiine lizards o ...
Figure 5.9. The Fire-bellied Snake (Liophis epinephalus), a diurnal frog-eater that has declined throughout the Monteverde area. ...
manipulated in a series of plots showed that the in- creased risk in these areas was a hazard associated with habitat choice rat ...
1996; Berger et al. 1998), where they have spawned a recent debate (Alford and Richards 1997, Hero and Gillespie 1997, Laurance ...
extremes on record immediately preceded the col- lapse of amphibian populations and the first major influx of premontane birds i ...
a female approaches, he leaps onto her back (Jacobson 1985). In territorial disputes, males of this species often grapple with o ...
variable periods immediately after oviposition (mean clutch size = 20) but do not return to the clutches. The developing embryos ...
provisioned with yolk (see Sec. 5.5.3). The tadpoles hatch with enough stored energy to develop and trans- form without eating, ...
Figure 5.11. Observed densities and operational sex ratios of Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus varius) along a gallery- forest stream o ...
habitats: the Stream Anole, the Common and Emer- ald Basilisks, and the Tropical Seep Snake. Frog- eating snakes, however, often ...
Table 5.5. Distribution of species of anurans, lizards, and snakes among broad habitat strata in the Monteverde area. Habitat St ...
our elected officials and their constituencies about the costs of complacency. Local action is also important. Without the work ...
be an important threat in cloud forests, as concentra- tions in mist and cloud water may greatly exceed those in heavy rainfall. ...
was a male toad. Within a radius of 5 m, at least 200 males gathered in small pools. There were fewer fe- males, and where pairs ...
(DAPTF). This task force is the central communica- tion point for scientists investigating amphibian de- clines. It awards seed ...
THE GOLDEN TOAD LABORATORY FOR CONSERVATION j; Alan Pounds & Marlene Brenes he Golden Toad Laboratory for Conservation (GTLC ...
Carey, C. 1993. Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado. Conservati ...
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