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Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians

Carlos Guilherme Becker et al. Science. 2007.

Abstract

The worldwide decline in amphibians has been attributed to several causes, especially habitat loss and disease. We identified a further factor, namely "habitat split"-defined as human-induced disconnection between habitats used by different life history stages of a species-which forces forest-associated amphibians with aquatic larvae to make risky breeding migrations between suitable aquatic and terrestrial habitats. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, we found that habitat split negatively affects the richness of species with aquatic larvae but not the richness of species with terrestrial development (the latter can complete their life cycle inside forest remnants). This mechanism helps to explain why species with aquatic larvae have the highest incidence of population decline. These findings reinforce the need for the conservation and restoration of riparian vegetation.

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  Cannatella DC. Cannatella DC. Science. 2008 May 16;320(5878):874; author reply 874. doi: 10.1126/science.1155114. Science. 2008. PMID: 18487175

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