The effects of wetland habitat structure on Florida apple snail density
| Autor: | Laksiri B. Karunaratne, Robert E. Bennetts, Philip C. Darby |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology ved/biology Fauna ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Wildlife Wetland Biology biology.organism_classification Shrub Habitat Pomacea paludosa Environmental Chemistry Landscape ecology Pomacea maculata General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Wetlands. 26:1143-1150 |
| ISSN: | 1943-6246 0277-5212 |
| DOI: | 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[1143:teowhs]2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | Wetlands often support a variety of juxtaposed habitat patches (e.g., grass-, shrub- or tree-dominated) differentially suited to support the inhabiting fauna. The proportion of available habitat types has been affected by human activity and consequently has contributed to degrading habitat quality for some species. The Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) has drawn attention as a critical prey item for wetlands wildlife and as an indicator of wetlands restoration success in peninsular Florida, USA. An apparent contradiction has evolved wherein this species appears intolerant of drying events, but these disturbances may be necessary to maintain suitable habitat structure for apple snails. We recently reported that assertions regarding intolerance to dry downs in this species were inaccurate. Here, we compared snail density in habitats with (wet prairie) and without (slough) emergent macrophytes, as well as evaluating the effects of structural attributes within the broad wet prairie habitat type.... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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