The distribution and abundance of organisms is influenced by historical, abiotic, and biotic factors. The goal of my dissertation was to determine the distribution of anurans in the Big Bend region of the Chihuahuan Desert and to examine how abiotic and biotic factors shape the composition and structure of anuran communities at multiple spatial scales. My approach relied on extensive field surveys, laboratory and field experiments, and GIS modeling. Results from field surveys and reciprocal transplant studies of tadpoles indicate that abiotic conditions of the breeding site most likely do not play a significant role in causing the segregation of species among individual breeding pools. I used laboratory and mesocosm experiments to test for ...
The choice of breeding habitat is integral to offspring survival and reproductive success, and can u...
Although habitat modification is considered one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, the relativ...
Anurans are mass spawners, often with multiple females spawning together, resulting in thousands of ...
The distribution and abundance of organisms is influenced by historical, abiotic, and biotic factors...
Multiple ecological factors can simultaneously affect species activity and community structure. The...
Ecological communities are organized by historical, biotic, and abiotic factors and the strengths of...
The conspicuous variation in time and space of richness and composition of biological communities ha...
Body size at metamorphosis is a critical trait in the life history of amphibians. Despite the wide-s...
The major objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of landscape factors, loc...
The major objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of landscape factors, loc...
Increasing activity levels permit greater food intake for use towards growth and reproduction, conse...
[Capítulo 1:] 1. We evaluated seasonal variation in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity...
abstract: Non-native consumers can significantly alter processes at the population, community, and e...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015The study of how population structure and persistence ...
This dissertation explores the effects of varying the composition of aquatic and terrestrial habitat...
The choice of breeding habitat is integral to offspring survival and reproductive success, and can u...
Although habitat modification is considered one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, the relativ...
Anurans are mass spawners, often with multiple females spawning together, resulting in thousands of ...
The distribution and abundance of organisms is influenced by historical, abiotic, and biotic factors...
Multiple ecological factors can simultaneously affect species activity and community structure. The...
Ecological communities are organized by historical, biotic, and abiotic factors and the strengths of...
The conspicuous variation in time and space of richness and composition of biological communities ha...
Body size at metamorphosis is a critical trait in the life history of amphibians. Despite the wide-s...
The major objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of landscape factors, loc...
The major objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of landscape factors, loc...
Increasing activity levels permit greater food intake for use towards growth and reproduction, conse...
[Capítulo 1:] 1. We evaluated seasonal variation in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity...
abstract: Non-native consumers can significantly alter processes at the population, community, and e...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015The study of how population structure and persistence ...
This dissertation explores the effects of varying the composition of aquatic and terrestrial habitat...
The choice of breeding habitat is integral to offspring survival and reproductive success, and can u...
Although habitat modification is considered one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, the relativ...
Anurans are mass spawners, often with multiple females spawning together, resulting in thousands of ...