Island biogeography at the meso-scale: distance from forest edge affects patch size preferences in ovipositing treefrogs.
Published in Ecology, 2022
Recommended citation: Resetarits JR, WJ, Potts KM, and **Scott JR, RC**. 2022. Island biogeography at the meso-scale: distance from forest edge affects patch size preferences in ovipositing treefrogs. Ecology. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.3766
Diversity in habitat patches is partly driven by variation in patch size,which affects extinction, and isolation, which affects immigration. Patch size also affects immigration as a component of patch quality. In wetland ecosystems, where variation in patch size and interpatch distance is ubiquitous, relationships between size and isolation may involve trade-offs.We assayed treefrog oviposition at three patch sizes in arrays of two types,one where size increased with distance from forest(dispersed) and one with all patches equidistant from forest, testing directly for an interaction between patch size and distance,which was highly significant.
Recommended citation: Resetarits JR, WJ, Potts KM, and Scott JR, RC. 2022. Island biogeography at the meso-scale: distance from forest edge affects patch size preferences in ovipositing treefrogs. Ecology..