Drought-mediated extinction of an arid-land amphibian: insights from a spatially explicit dynamic occupancy model

Zylstra ER, Hossack BR, Muths E, Steidl RJ, Swann DE. 2019. Drought-mediated extinction of an arid-land amphibian: insights from a spatially explicit dynamic occupancy model. Ecological Applications

Study of lowland leopard frogs in understanding how natural and anthropogenic processes affect population dynamics of species with patchy distributions to predicting their responses to environmental changes. The results highlight the importance of accounting for factors that govern temporal variation in transition probabilities, as both extinction and colonization rates varied with hydrologic conditions.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Zylstra, Erin; Hossack, Blake; Muths, Erin; Steidl, Robert; Swann, Don
Date of Issue
2019
Publisher
Ecological Applications
Units
SAGU
Keywords
Bayesian state-space model; climate; colonization; extinction; Lithobates yavapaiensis; lowland leopard frog; metapopulation dynamics; sedimentation; stream network, Rincon Mountains.

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