Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data

Abstract Habitat fragmentation is one of the drivers for amphibian population declines globally. Especially in industrialized countries roads disrupt the seasonal migration of amphibians between hibernation and reproduction sites, often ending in roadkills. Thus, a timely installing of temporary mit...

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Autores principales:	Maria Peer, Daniel Dörler, Johann G. Zaller, Helfried Scheifinger, Silke Schweiger, Gregor Laaha, Gernot Neuwirth, Thomas Hübner, Florian Heigl
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:88a10d882028406b8811bcb7219e2e212021-11-08T10:54:24ZPredicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data10.1038/s41598-021-00912-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/88a10d882028406b8811bcb7219e2e212021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00912-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Habitat fragmentation is one of the drivers for amphibian population declines globally. Especially in industrialized countries roads disrupt the seasonal migration of amphibians between hibernation and reproduction sites, often ending in roadkills. Thus, a timely installing of temporary mitigation measures is important for amphibian conservation. We wanted to find out if plant phenology can be a proxy in advance to determine the start of amphibian migration, since both phenomena are triggered by temperature. We analysed data of 3751 amphibian and 7818 plant phenology observations from citizen science projects in Austria between 2000 and 2018. Using robust regression modelling we compared the migration of common toads (Bufo bufo) and common frogs (Rana temporaria) with the phenology of five tree, one shrub, and one herb species. Results showed close associations between the migration of common frogs and phenological phases of European larch, goat willow and apricot. Models based on goat willow predict migration of common frog to occur 21 days after flowering, when flowering was observed on 60th day of year; apricot based models predict migration to occur 1 day after flowering, observed on the 75th day of year. Common toads showed weaker associations with plant phenology than common frogs. Our findings suggest that plant phenology can be used to determine the onset of temporary mitigation measures for certain amphibian species to prevent roadkills.Maria PeerDaniel DörlerJohann G. ZallerHelfried ScheifingerSilke SchweigerGregor LaahaGernot NeuwirthThomas HübnerFlorian HeiglNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Maria Peer Daniel Dörler Johann G. Zaller Helfried Scheifinger Silke Schweiger Gregor Laaha Gernot Neuwirth Thomas Hübner Florian Heigl Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
description	Abstract Habitat fragmentation is one of the drivers for amphibian population declines globally. Especially in industrialized countries roads disrupt the seasonal migration of amphibians between hibernation and reproduction sites, often ending in roadkills. Thus, a timely installing of temporary mitigation measures is important for amphibian conservation. We wanted to find out if plant phenology can be a proxy in advance to determine the start of amphibian migration, since both phenomena are triggered by temperature. We analysed data of 3751 amphibian and 7818 plant phenology observations from citizen science projects in Austria between 2000 and 2018. Using robust regression modelling we compared the migration of common toads (Bufo bufo) and common frogs (Rana temporaria) with the phenology of five tree, one shrub, and one herb species. Results showed close associations between the migration of common frogs and phenological phases of European larch, goat willow and apricot. Models based on goat willow predict migration of common frog to occur 21 days after flowering, when flowering was observed on 60th day of year; apricot based models predict migration to occur 1 day after flowering, observed on the 75th day of year. Common toads showed weaker associations with plant phenology than common frogs. Our findings suggest that plant phenology can be used to determine the onset of temporary mitigation measures for certain amphibian species to prevent roadkills.
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author	Maria Peer Daniel Dörler Johann G. Zaller Helfried Scheifinger Silke Schweiger Gregor Laaha Gernot Neuwirth Thomas Hübner Florian Heigl
author_facet	Maria Peer Daniel Dörler Johann G. Zaller Helfried Scheifinger Silke Schweiger Gregor Laaha Gernot Neuwirth Thomas Hübner Florian Heigl
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title	Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
title_short	Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
title_full	Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
title_fullStr	Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
title_full_unstemmed	Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
title_sort	predicting spring migration of two european amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/88a10d882028406b8811bcb7219e2e21
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Predicting spring migration of two European amphibian species with plant phenology using citizen science data

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