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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"eastern newt"”.
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Extended Adolescence: The Ecology and Endocrinology of Facultative Paedomorphosis
… salamander (<em>Ambystoma talpoideum</em>) and eastern newt (<em>Notophthalmus viridescens</em>) are facultatively paedomorphic, which is a polyphenism with two alternative adult phenotypes: paedomorphs and metamorphs. Paedomorphs retain juvenile characteristics at sexual maturity (i.e., gills …
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Efficacy Of Constructed Wetlands Of Various Depths For Natural Amphibian Community Conservation
… constructed wetlands located on ridge tops in eastern Kentucky in the Daniel Boone National Forest (DBNF) had amphibian communities comparable to natural ephemeral wetlands, 2) to examine amphibian predator-prey relationships within the constructed wetlands, and 3) to determine what wetland …
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Interactions between Eastern Newts and Wood Frogs in an anthropogenically altered wetland system in eastern Kentucky
… key characteristic of the ridge-top ecosystem in eastern Kentucky is the presence of ephemeral wetlands. Ephemeral wetlands of the ridge-top ecosystem support an amphibian community assemblage characterized by species with short larval periods (e.g., Wood Frogs [<em>Lithobates sylvaticus<em>] and …
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Amphibian Community Composition And Disease Susceptibility In Ridge-Top Wetlands Of The Daniel Boone National Forest
… in the Daniel Boone National Forest (DBNF) in eastern Kentucky, and support a diverse amphibian assemblage characterized by species with short larval periods. However, hundreds of hydrologically permanent ponds have been constructed along the ridge-top system in the last 50 years. The results …