Enhancing Farm Dams Increases Tadpole Abundance.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how agricultural and land management practices affect amphibian biodiversity is essential for conservation efforts in farmland. We investigated the impact of farm dam enhancement on tadpole abundance and growth in a highly modified farming landscape in south-eastern Australia. We completed detailed surveys on 52 farm dams (artificial ponds or agricultural reservoirs). These dams were categorized into two groups: enhanced (n = 28), which had undergone management activities such as fencing to prevent livestock access and facilitate revegetation, and control (n = 24), which had not received any intervention and were subject to standard management practices similar to adjacent paddocks. Our findings revealed a notable increase in tadpole abundance acro

SUBMITTER: Littlefair M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742428 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature