Title:

Amphibians of Słupsk

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 53, no. 2 ; Płazy Słupska

Creator:

Hetmański, Tomasz ; Jarosiewicz, Anna

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2010

Description:

Bibliogr.: p. 157-159 ; P. 151-162 ; 25 cm ; Abstracts in Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

amphibians ; Amphibia ; urban ecology ; habitat changes ; breeding season ; urban animals ; populations ; man's impact ; effect of human beings ; Poland ; Słupsk

Abstract:

The study on the occurrence of amphibians in the city of Słupsk (NW Poland) was conducted during their breeding season in 40 water bodies located in a built-up area, at a forest edge, and in a ruderal area of the city. Breeding amphibians were recorded from 27 water bodies, or 67.5% of them. The number of amphibian species varied between 0 and 7, with an average of 2.2, depending on the location and the degree of modification of the water bodies. The average number of breeding species was 1.2 in the built-up area, 2.8 at the forest edge, and 2.3 in the ruderal areas. Breeding amphibians avoided human- modified water bodies, where only 0.6 species were noted as compared with 2.6 species in natural ones. In total, 9 species of amphibians were recorded from Słupsk. The most frequently observed were the common frog and the common toad, less frequently green frogs, the smooth newt, and the moor frog. Infrequentlyoccurred: the common spadefoot, the natterjack toad the fire-bellied toad.

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Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

53

Issue:

2

Start page:

151

End page:

162

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2010.53.2.151

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 256 vol. 53 no. 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. patrz sygn. czas. P. 4664 vol. 53 no. 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

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Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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