INVESTIGADORES
BERKUNSKY Igor
artículos
Título:
Searching for an Elusive Anuran: A Detection Model Based on Weather Forecasting for the Tandilean Red-belly Toad
Autor/es:
FRIEDMAN, MATEO; CEPEDA, ROSANA; CORTELEZZI, AGUSTINA; SIMOY, VERÓNICA; MARINELLI, CLAUDIA; KACOLIRIS, FEDERICO PABLO; DOPAZO, J; BERKUNSKY, IGOR
Revista:
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Editorial:
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Referencias:
Año: 2016 vol. 11 p. 476 - 485
ISSN:
1931-7603
Resumen:
The study of elusive anurans requires e cient approaches to monitoring. We describe climatic vari- ables associated with the probability of detection of the Tandilean Red-belly Toad (Melanophryniscus a . montevi- densis), an elusive, threatened, and endemic species of highland grasslands of Argentine Pampas. As expected for an explosive breeder, the probability of detection was strongly associated with rainfall during the previous day. Soil water storage and daily temperatures in uenced detection probability. We did not nd a link between the season in which surveys were conducted and detection probability. The low number of days during the year when condi- tions are suitable for breeding by Tandilean Red-belly Toad requires the development of an e cient eld survey. The tool we have developed using weather forecast to predict detection probability provides a practical approach to e ectively sampling this elusive species of conservation concern.