Assortative mixing in eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) spatial networks is driven by landscape features
Devan-Song A, Walden M, Watsonn JR, Jolles AE, Fox JM, Karraker N. 2022. Assortative mixing in eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) spatial networks is driven by landscape features. Ecological Society of America, Ecosphere Journal. New York. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4191
This article is a specific research topic on spadefoot toads found in the park. It was completed under the contract with the NPS for a comprehensive update on the park's Herpetological community. Biotic and abiotic factors drive assortative mixing (preference for or sorting with individuals with similar characteristics) in animal populations on a landscape, with implications for dispersal, population structuring, and other ecological and evolutionary processes. However, patterns and generative mechanisms of assortative mixing are overlooked in amphibians outside of specific life history events such as reproduction. The aims of this project were to determine whether there is assortative mixing by size and life history category in eastern spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii), whether these patterns are preserved across time and spatial scale, and quantify the nature and relative role of various habitat and soil features in explaining observed patterns in spatial organization of individuals.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Devan-Song, Anne; Walden, M.A.; Watsonn, James; Jolles, Anna; Fox, Justine; Karraker, Nancy
- Date of Issue
- 2022-06
- Publisher
- Ecological Society of America, Ecosphere Journal
- DOI
- 10.1002/ecs2.4191
- Units
- YONB
- Keywords
- amphibians, breeding herps, eastern spadefoot toad, herpetology, Scaphiopus holbrookii
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Amphibians and Reptiles
See also
- Datasets from an Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Colonial National Historical Park, 2015-2017
- Herpetological Inventory at Colonial National Historic Park
- Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles at Colonial National Historical Park Following Hurricane Sandy
- Field Data for the Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles of Colonial National Historical Park, George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Thomas Stone National Historic Site
- Field Survey Locations for the Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles of Colonial National Historical Park
- Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles of Colonial National Historical Park
- Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles of Colonial National Historical Park, George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Thomas Stone National Historic Site
- Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles of Colonial National Historical Park.