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The effect of inundation on hibernating Bufo bufo and Bufo calamita

The effect of inundation on hibernating Bufo bufo and Bufo calamita <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Inundation effects on terrestrially hibernating Bufo bufo and B. calamita are reported. Mortality caused by experimental inundation of seminatural hibernation sites was high in B. calamita and very low in B. bufo. In a floodplain eight telemetrically monitored B. bufo withstood flooding during a period of 25-35 days without leaving their hibernation sites. After this period the emerging toads suffered mortality by floating down the river depending on the water level at the moment of emerging. The importance of floodsafe areas in floodplains is demonstrated.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Amphibia-Reptilia Brill

The effect of inundation on hibernating Bufo bufo and Bufo calamita

Amphibia-Reptilia , Volume 18 (4): 339 – Jan 1, 1997

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Brill
Copyright
© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0173-5373
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1568-5381
DOI
10.1163/156853897X00396
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Inundation effects on terrestrially hibernating Bufo bufo and B. calamita are reported. Mortality caused by experimental inundation of seminatural hibernation sites was high in B. calamita and very low in B. bufo. In a floodplain eight telemetrically monitored B. bufo withstood flooding during a period of 25-35 days without leaving their hibernation sites. After this period the emerging toads suffered mortality by floating down the river depending on the water level at the moment of emerging. The importance of floodsafe areas in floodplains is demonstrated.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Amphibia-ReptiliaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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