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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ressum/2009/67.pdf Last checked: 01/23/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Boone, Michelle D. |
Author Affiliation: | Miami University of Ohio |
Title: | Using buffer zones to promote amphibian populations |
Section: | Wildlife Links Program Other records with the "Wildlife Links Program" Section
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Source: | 2009 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary. 2009, p. 67. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Buffer zones; Golf course ponds; Habitat improvement; Lissamphibia; Mowing height
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Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study conducted to "determine the effects of 1-meter buffer zone around ponds on aquatic and terrestrial life stages of cricket frogs." Describes the methods and materials used in the experiment, stating that "we released cricket frogs in mown or unmown grass at the Hueston Woods Golf Course. Cricket frogs were dipped in fluorescent powder and released." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
USGA Summary Points: | Golf course ponds are often suitable for aquatic development and survival because they are open-canopy ponds located in a green area. However, all fish species and some contaminants may put populations at risk, so their use should be minimized in and around wetlands. Providing unmown terrestrial habitat adjacent to a pond may be critical for terrestrial survival of amphibian populations, because cricket frogs selected unmown grass over mown grass. Field studies on golf courses show that cricket frog tadpoles can survive in ponds with or without buffer zones, which suggests maintaining unmown habitat around all of the pond is not necessary for aquatic life stages. However, terrestrial life stages need adequate unmown habitat. Therefore, leaving part of a pond unmown in out-of-play areas will provide essential terrestrial habitat for cricket frogs and should allow populations to persist at these sites. |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Boone, M. D. 2009. Using buffer zones to promote amphibian populations. Turfgrass Environ. Res. Summ. p. 67. |
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