Explain why Sphagnum is considered an ecosystem engineer in the peatlands in which it occurs. Cuban tree frogs eat smaller native frogs in the Florida Everglades. What does this scenario represent? A. A loss of biodiversity due to...
The role of abiotic factors in determining the dominance of invasive species is also an area of increasing interest. Gambusia holbrooki (Eastern Mosquitofish) is an important global invader, displacing endemic fish and frogs on four continents. However, Gambusia co-occurs with a similar-sized fish...
Sixty seven wild-captured Archey's frogs, Leiopelma archeyi, from Coromandel and Whareorino were transferred from Canterbury University to Auckland Zoo in 2005 to become a possible breeding nucleus, as the free-living population had greatly declined. Since their arrival, the frogs have been held ...
In 2000, Limanti took admission to study at the University of North Florida, where he played for the UNF Golf Team. In his sophomore year, the Jacksonville native was named the First Team All-Independent. After a successful career as a collegiate golfer, L...
We investigated the effects of temperature and parasitism by the intestinal nematode Aplectana hamatospicula on the maximum jump distance and endurance in one invasive and two native treefrogs in Florida, USA. We collected frogs from the wild, estimated their parasite loads, and tested their loco...
Many galleries in Italy, Germany, France, China & Singapore FAQs Your frogs are so bright. Are those real frog colors? Frogs are a colorful bunch! As in the rest of nature, often the poison species have the most dramatic coloration. (See some examples on Wikipedia, here.) So yes, in ...
The Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) was first introduced to Florida at Key West (Barbour 1931). Since this introduction, Cuban Treefrogs have spread first to Miami (Schwartz 1952), and are now established throughout most of peninsular Florida (Meshaka 2001). Cuban Treefrogs can ...
Michael Ferkin KnightCharles MichaelBiological invasions are having a major impact on the structure and function of ecosystems worldwide. In Florida, the Cuban treefrog () is an invader that appears to be a significant driver of amphibian community dynamics. Where Cuban treefrogs have colonized, ...
This study attempted to show the effect Cuban Treefrogs () were having on native Florida hylids. For a year, Cuban Treefrogs were removed from three cypress domes and monitored in three other cypress domes, a change in the native population in the experimental domes was the eventual desired ...