Impacts of varying habitat quality on the physiological stress of spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)

By Rebecca Newcomb Homan, Jon Regosin, Daniele M. Rodrigues, J. Reed, B. Windmiller, L. M. Romero. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Citations in the corpus

Effects of forest fragmentation on the physiological stress response of black howler monkeys (2007, background): “As a result, the stress response can be used to monitor potential threatened animal populations (Homan et al., 2003; Romero, 2004).”
Effects of forest removal on amphibian migrations: implications for habitat and landscape connectivity (2009, background): “For example, a previous study found signs of elevated physiological stress in spotted salamanders immigrating to wetlands through open parking lots compared to unharvested forests (Homan et al. 2003), a finding that may signify lower survival for those individuals at the wetland (Romero & Wikelski 2”
Stress in a conservation context: A discussion of glucocorticoid actions and how levels change with conservation-relevant variables (2009, result): “Some studies find mixed results: GCs in salamanders are suppressed at a disturbed breeding site (human development around breeding pond), increase when the salamanders move across pavement, and do not change when the salamanders move through habitat types of different quality during fall migration (”
Beyond occurrence: Body condition and stress hormone as integrative indicators of habitat availability and fragmentation in the common toad (2011, background): “the main glucocorticoids released by amphibians; Homan et al., 2003) in urine samples to assess the physiological response to stress. Unlike blood A. Janin et al. / Biological Conservation 144 (2011) 1008–1016 1009”
VARIATION IN TERRESTRIAL HABITAT USE BY FOUR POOL-BREEDING AMPHIBIAN SPECIES (2005, result): “Because our study was part of a larger study to assess the impacts of a residential subdivision adjacent to the nearby southern pond on amphibians breeding in that pond, the pond-encircling drift fence at our study pond was installed during 1997 (Homan et al. 2003).”
Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness? (2009, background): “[29, 54 ]), although these patterns might be caused, in part, by differences between a researcher’s and an animal’s perceptions of environmental challenges rather than a lack of a relationship between cort and environmental challenges.”
Grasslands as movement barriers for a forest-associated salamander: Migration behavior of adult and juvenile salamanders at a distinct habitat edge (2006, background): “& R.D.S. pers. obs.; Homan et al., 2003 ). The factors influencing edge permeability for salamanders are not yet evident and future work may clarify differences between edges.”
Making conservation physiology relevant to policy makers and conservation practitioners (2010, background): “As an example, Homan et al. (2003) evaluated the glucocorticoid responsiveness in spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) from urban and exurban areas and determined that responsiveness was lowest in those individuals captured in urban areas.”