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Amphibian Dispersal Among Terrestrial Habitats and Wetlands in a Landscape

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Anurans; Biological invasion; Habitat patches; Local extinction; Movement

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Wetland is an area covered with water, such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, dams, paddy fields, with a frequency sufficient enough to support biological communities. These areas are characterized by saturated soil and preponderance of plants which can survive in hydric soil (Cowardin et al. 1979). Upland is an area of high or hilly land. It is located at generally slightly higher elevation than wetland habitat and lacks water above the ground surface. Colonization is the occupation of a habitat or territory by a biological community or of an ecological niche by a single population of a species. Biological colonization relates to all species (Pisani et al. 2004). Habitat connectivityis the degree to which separate patches of habitat are connected. Greater habitat connectivity means animals are able to travel between these patches. It is important because this connectivity enables gene...

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Rais, M., Ahmed, W. (2021). Amphibian Dispersal Among Terrestrial Habitats and Wetlands in a Landscape. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Life on Land. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_151-1

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