Declines revisited: Long-term recovery and spatial population dynamics of tailed frog larvae after wildfire
Hossack BR and Honeycutt RK. 2017. Declines revisited: Long-term recovery and spatial population dynamics of tailed frog larvae after wildfire. Biological Conservation. 212(Part A):274-278
Drought has fueled an increased frequency and severity of large wildfires in many ecosystems. Despite an increase in research on wildfire effects on vertebrates, the vast majority of it has focused on short-term ( 58% within 12 years after the fire. We also found moderate synchrony among populations in unburned streams and negative spatial autocorrelation among populations in burned streams. We suspect negative spatial autocorrelation among spatially-clustered burned streams reflected increased post-fire patchiness in resources and different rates of local recovery. Our results add to a growing body of work that suggests populations in intact ecosystems tend to be resilient to habitat changes caused by wildfire. Our results also provide important insights into recovery times of populations that have been negatively affected by severe wildfire.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hossack, Blake; Honeycutt, R
- Units
- CRCO , GLAC
- Keywords
- Amphibian, Disturbance, Drought, Fire, Population synchrony, Spatial autocorrelation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Amphibians and Reptiles