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Background reading

These articles provide helpful background on the project and may be assigned by your instructor

Adams et al 2013
Recent study of amphibian declines across North America
Carr and Fahrig 2002
Paper on the effects of roads and traffic on frogs in Ontario
Cushman 2006
Review paper on the effects of habitat fragmentation on amphibians
Genet and Sargent 2003
Interesting paper on the quality of volunteer amphibian survey data
Guerry and Hunter 2002
Somewhat similar to our 2013 study - looks at effects of forest cover and location on amphibian occupancy of wetlands
Hamer and McDonnell 2008
Review of the effects of urbanization on amphibian populations
Hermann et al. 2005
Amphibian landscape associations at multiple scales in New Hampshire
Homan et al 2004
Critical thresholds for habitat loss for wood frogs in Massachusetts
Pellet et al 2004
Good study from Europe using concentric rings of different size to examine the effects of roads and traffic on amphibians
Price et al 2004
Effects of land use on great lakes amphibians across multiple scales
Rittenhouse and Semlitsch 2007
Cross-study comparison of how far frogs travel between their breeding ponds and their upland habitats
Rubbo and Kiesecker 2005
Paper on urbanization and amphibian richness in PA
Semlitsch and Bodie 2003
A review paper on the importance of upland habitat for amphibians in wetlands
Semlitsch et al. 2009
BioScience overview of experiments on amphibians and habitat fragmentation
Sutherland et al 2010
This is a good recent study of the effects and location of amphibian roadkill in North Carolina
Weir et al 2005
Considering some of the issues that affect detection rate in NAAMP surveys