Core calling periods of the frogs of temperate New South Wales, Australia

Title: Core calling periods of the frogs of temperate New South Wales, Australia
Creator: Lemckert, Francis; Mahony, Michael
Relation: Herpetological Conservation and Biology Vol. 3, Issue 1, p. 71-76
Relation: http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_3/Issue_1/V3_I1_Contents.htm
Publisher: Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2008
Description: We used records of calling male frogs to quantitatively assess the calling patterns of the frogs found in mesic, eastern New South Wales, Australia. We obtained 17,461 calling records for 67 species and determined the core calling months for 46 species. Forty-three species have clearly defined core calling periods in which > 90% of calling records fall, all of which are based around the warmer spring-summer months. We consider two species to be essentially year-round callers. Increasing latitude usually, but not always, leads to a small reduction in the core calling period. This information can be used to better target the timing of surveys, improving opportunities for research, management, and conservation.
Subject: calling period; detection; survey; New South Wales
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/39659
Identifier: uon:4475
Identifier: ISSN:1931-7603
Language: eng
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