The Dynamics of Changes in the Amphibian (Amphibia) Population Size in the Masurian Landscape Park Monitoring Results of Spring Migration Monitoring from the Years 2011–2019

Wojciech Gotkiewicz; Krzysztof Wittbrodt; Ewa Dragańska

doi:10.2478/oszn-2020-0013

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The Dynamics of Changes in the Amphibian (Amphibia) Population Size in the Masurian Landscape Park Monitoring Results of Spring Migration Monitoring from the Years 2011–2019

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

Volume 31 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)

By: Wojciech Gotkiewicz, Krzysztof Wittbrodt and Ewa Dragańska

Open Access

|Dec 2020

Abstract

The study presents the results of nine-year-long monitoring of the population size of amphibians (Amphibia) as one of the indicator communities used to assess the biological diversity level. The study was conducted in the Masurian Landscape Park located in Warmińsko-MazurskieVoivodeship. The obtained results demonstrated that 13 out of the 18 domestic amphibian species occurred in the area selected for research activities, including the species entered in the IUCN Red List. No clear correlation was found between the dynamics of population changes and the environmental, primarily climatic, determinants.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2020-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2353-8589 | Journal ISSN: 1230-7831

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threats,

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