Breeding preferences in the treefrogs Dryophytes japonicus (Hylidae) in Mongolia
- 주제(키워드) Japanese Treefrog , breeding habitat , North East Asia , Dryophytes japonicus , Mongolia , ecological requirements
- 주제(기타) Biodiversity Conservation
- 주제(기타) Ecology
- 주제(기타) Zoology
- 설명문(일반) [Borzee, Amael] Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Biol & Environm, Nanjing, Peoples R China; [Purevdorj, Zoljargal] Mongolian State Univ Educ, Sch Math, Dept Biol, Ulan Bator, Mongolia; [Kim, Ye Inn; Kong, Sungsik; Choe, Minjee; Yi, Yoonjung; Kim, Kyungmin; Kim, Ajoung; Jang, Yikweon] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Life Sci, Seoul, South Korea; [Kim, Ye Inn; Kong, Sungsik; Choe, Minjee; Yi, Yoonjung; Kim, Kyungmin; Kim, Ajoung; Jang, Yikweon] Ewha Womans Univ, Div EcoSci, Seoul, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- 발행년도 2019
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000168974
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1704458
초록/요약
When a species occurs over a broad range of climates and landscapes, the breeding ecology of that species is expected to vary locally. Additionally, a basic knowledge of breeding ecology is required before other types of studies may be conducted, such as physiology or conservation. In North East Asia, Dryophytes japonicus is distributed from Japan to Mongolia, where its breeding ecology is unknown. The objectives of this study were to understand the breeding requirements of D. japonicus in this part of its range. We collected data for Dryophytes japonicus at 56 sites located within 23 independent localities in Northern Mongolia during the breeding season 2017. The data collected included habitat type and co-occurring amphibian, fishes and bird species. Our results show that the species prefers circa 70 m long oxbow lakes for breeding, while habitat characteristics, water quality and co-occurring species were not significantly associated with the occurrence of the species. We therefore conclude that D. japonicus is behaviourally plastic in Mongolia, as it is in other portions of its range, and that the species can use several types of environments and co-occur with different species at its breeding sites. Corvus dauuricus was the only bird species significant predicting the occurrence of D. japonicus, likely because of overlapping ecological preferences.
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