Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Tropical ecosystems are expected to experience climate warming, with predicted increases in drying and heat extremes in the coming years. Understanding how these changes will affect terrestrial vertebrates such as amphibians is limited. The Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment in the Luq...

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Autores principales:	T.J. Hawley Matlaga, P.A. Burrowes, R. Hernández-Pacheco, J. Pena, C. Sutherland, T.E. Wood
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	amphibian behavioral response density Puerto Rico space use spatial capture-recapture Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3e689cc4b51344228676bcdd7bf998612021-11-30T04:17:57ZWarming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui2666-900510.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100041https://doaj.org/article/3e689cc4b51344228676bcdd7bf998612021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666900521000411https://doaj.org/toc/2666-9005Tropical ecosystems are expected to experience climate warming, with predicted increases in drying and heat extremes in the coming years. Understanding how these changes will affect terrestrial vertebrates such as amphibians is limited. The Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in northeastern Puerto Rico allows us to study how the tropical forest responds to warming within a replicated plot design. From September 2018 to August 2019, we used mark-recapture sampling to investigate how the spatial population ecology of the common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) is impacted by experimentally increasing surface temperatures by 4 °C above ambient. We compared estimates of baseline detection, space use, and the density of frogs in control and warmed plots. Coqui space use and population density did not differ between control and warmed plots. However, coqui detection probabilities were higher in warmed plots, suggesting an increased level of activity relative to individuals in the control (unwarmed) plots. Frog detection increased in all plots with increased precipitation. Our results suggest that, at least in the short-term, the density of an ecological generalist frog like E. coqui does not change as a response to increased surface temperatures. However, short-term responses to warming such as changes in behavior may lead to changes in population dynamics in the long-term. Our research highlights the need to consider mutiple repsonses in order to understand the effects of climate warming on tropical vertebrates.T.J. Hawley MatlagaP.A. BurrowesR. Hernández-PachecoJ. PenaC. SutherlandT.E. WoodElsevierarticleamphibianbehavioral responsedensityPuerto Ricospace usespatial capture-recaptureEcologyQH540-549.5ENClimate Change Ecology, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100041- (2021)
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topic	amphibian behavioral response density Puerto Rico space use spatial capture-recapture Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	amphibian behavioral response density Puerto Rico space use spatial capture-recapture Ecology QH540-549.5 T.J. Hawley Matlaga P.A. Burrowes R. Hernández-Pacheco J. Pena C. Sutherland T.E. Wood Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
description	Tropical ecosystems are expected to experience climate warming, with predicted increases in drying and heat extremes in the coming years. Understanding how these changes will affect terrestrial vertebrates such as amphibians is limited. The Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment in the Luquillo Experimental Forest in northeastern Puerto Rico allows us to study how the tropical forest responds to warming within a replicated plot design. From September 2018 to August 2019, we used mark-recapture sampling to investigate how the spatial population ecology of the common coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) is impacted by experimentally increasing surface temperatures by 4 °C above ambient. We compared estimates of baseline detection, space use, and the density of frogs in control and warmed plots. Coqui space use and population density did not differ between control and warmed plots. However, coqui detection probabilities were higher in warmed plots, suggesting an increased level of activity relative to individuals in the control (unwarmed) plots. Frog detection increased in all plots with increased precipitation. Our results suggest that, at least in the short-term, the density of an ecological generalist frog like E. coqui does not change as a response to increased surface temperatures. However, short-term responses to warming such as changes in behavior may lead to changes in population dynamics in the long-term. Our research highlights the need to consider mutiple repsonses in order to understand the effects of climate warming on tropical vertebrates.
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author	T.J. Hawley Matlaga P.A. Burrowes R. Hernández-Pacheco J. Pena C. Sutherland T.E. Wood
author_facet	T.J. Hawley Matlaga P.A. Burrowes R. Hernández-Pacheco J. Pena C. Sutherland T.E. Wood
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title	Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
title_short	Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
title_full	Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
title_fullStr	Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
title_full_unstemmed	Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui
title_sort	warming increases activity in the common tropical frog eleutherodactylus coqui
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3e689cc4b51344228676bcdd7bf99861
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Warming increases activity in the common tropical frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

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