Sea level rise is already damaging coastal areas, and habitat damage will only increase. Wetlands and other coastal habitats serve many useful ecological purposes well documented in the literature. As sea level rise inundates former terrestrial coastal areas, the lost wetlands, cypress forests, spawning areas, and other valuable habitats can be replaced in newly inundated areas by assisted biot...

We analyzed stomach contents of 21 (13 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀) adult Lycian salamanders, Lyciasalamandra fazilae, inhabiting Gökbel and İztuzu, south of Dalyan (Köyceğiz, Muğla). Although various terrestrial invertebrates constitute the diet of the salamander, larvae and adult beetles (39.61%), centipedes (16.88%) are the most important food groups. Lyciasalamandra fazilae is an active predator capable of ch...

A new genus and new species of semi-terrestrial crab of the family Potamidae, Binhthuanomon vinhtan n. sp., is described from south central Vietnam. The new genus is morphologically closest to Villopotamon Dang & Ho, 2003, and Balssipotamon Dang & Ho, 2008, in the shapes of the carapace and first gonopod but is easily distinguished by distinct carapace characteristics and gonopod 1 structures, ...

Common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.) is distributed widely throughout the world with various ecotypes. This research compares the functional traits and biomass allocation patterns of two contrasting reed ecotypes. Twelve pairs of aquatic and terrestrial reed samples were collected in northern China. Significant differences in functional traits between the two reed ecotypes ...

Natural disturbances including wildfire, insects and disease are a growing threat to the remaining late successional forests in the Pacific Northwest, USA. These forests are a cornerstone of the region’s ecological diversity and provide essential habitat to a number of rare terrestrial and aquatic species including the endangered northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). Wildfires in p...

Fernando Rodrigues da Silva and Denise de Cerqueira Rossa­Feres Journal of Tropical Ecology / Volume 27 / Issue 03 / May 2011, pp 327 ­ 331 DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000842, Published online: 10 March 2011 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0266467410000842 How to cite this article: Fernando Rodrigues da Silva and Denise de Cerqueira Rossa­Feres (2011). Influence of ter...

The future of biodiversity hinges to a great extent on the conservation value of countryside, the growing fraction of Earth's surface heavily influenced by human activities. How many species, and which species, can persist in such landscapes (and analogous seascapes) are open questions. Here we explore two complementary theoretical frameworks to address these questions: species-area relationshi...

Understanding the temporal and spatial scale at which habitat alteration impacts populations is important for conservation and management. Amphibians have declined more than other vertebrates, and pond-breeding species are particularly susceptible to habitat loss and fragmentation because they have terrestrial and aquatic life stages. One approach to management of pond-breeding species is prote...