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Table 5: Summary of sources of information on movements of amphibians in agricultural areas.
Species Habitat Notes Reference
a) Single species studies
Bufo bufo Pond flanked by pasture and Counts of migrating toads. Hartel and Demeter
arable fields.
(2005)
Bufo bufo Agricultural landscape. Mobile guiding fences were
used to study the spring
migratory behaviour. Data
collected included
morphometric data and timing
of migration rather than habitat
use.
Karl and Grosse (2010)
Bufo bufo Arable fields. Monitored foraging activities on Oldham and Swan
fields.
(1992)
Bufo bufo Study area of about 6 km 2
Activity and movements Sinsch (1988a)
mainly composed of pasture recorded using mark-recapture
and pine forest.
and thread bobbins.
Bufo calamita Semi-arid, agricultural Radio-tracking study. Distances Miaud, et al (2000)
landscape.
moved. Habitat included crop
fields.
Bufo calamita Landscape of intensive Radio-tracking study. Home Miaud. and Sanuy
agricultural activity.
range estimated. Habitat
included crop fields.
(2005)
Bufo calamita Agricultural area of 200 ha Radio-tracking of movements, Oromi et al (2010)
including fields of winter
cereals and pasture.
distance moved.
Bufo calamita Study area of about 8 km 2
Activity and movements Sinsch (1988b)
composed of sandy gravel recorded using mark-recapture,
pits, bare ground, pasture, and thread bobbins and radio-
maize and wheat fields. tracking.
Bufo calamita Study area of about 8 km 2
Radio-tracking and marking Sinsch (1992)
composed of sandy gravel systems (toe-clipping,
pits, bare ground, pasture, and microchips) used to follow the
maize and wheat fields. tracks of toads
Bufo viridis Intensively used agricultural Monitored the migration to the Beckmann et al (2003).
landscape.
reproduction ponds in spring
and the migration of juveniles.
Hyla arborea Agricultural landscape mostly Harmonic direction finder used Pellet et al (2006)
with fields of wheat and corn. to track movements, distance
moved.
Rana catesbeiana 200ha area containing five Radio-tracking study of Berroneau et al (2007)
water bodies, a network of movements and home range.
ditches, woodlands, crops
(mainly vineyards), a very
populated area and wasteland.
Crops avoided.
Rana temporaria Agricultural area. Radio tracking of activity. No
data on use of fields, Area
dominated by wet meadows.
Seitz et al (1992)
Rana temporaria Pasture (1.2ha) surrounded by
intensive agriculture (mostly
wheat and rye).
Continuous radio-tracking. Tramontano (1997)
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