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Integrating behavior and physiology into strategies for amphibian conservation
The amphibian decline crisis has been challenging to address because of the complexity of factors—and their multitude of interactive effects—that drive this global issue. Dissecting such complexity could benefit from strategies that integrate multiple disciplines and address the mechanistic underpinnings of population declines and extirpations. We...
Walls, Susan; Gabor, Caitlin R Seeking shelter from the storm: Conservation and management of imperiled species in a changing climate
Climate change is anticipated to exacerbate the extinction risk of species whose persistence is already compromised by habitat loss, invasive species, disease, or other stressors. In coastal areas of the southeastern United States (USA), many imperiled vertebrates are vulnerable to hurricanes, which climate models predict to become more severe in...
Walls, Susan; Barichivich, William; Chandler, Jonathan; Meade, Ashley M.; Milinichik, Marysa; O'Donnell, Katherine; Owens, Megan E.; Peacock, Terry; Reinman, Joseph; Watling, Rebecca C.; Wetsch, Olivia E. Linking management planning for coastal wetlands to potential future wave attenuation under a range of relative sea-level rise scenarios
Understanding changes in wave attenuation by emergent vegetation as wetlands degrade or accrete over time is crucial for incorporation of wetlands into holistic coastal risk management. Linked SLAMM and XBeach models were used to investigate potential future changes in wave attenuation over a 50-year period in a degrading, subtropical wetland and...
Hijuelos, Ann; Dijkstra, Jasper; Carruthers, Tim J.B.; Heynert, Karel; Reed, Denise; van Wesenbeeck, Bregje