Compensatory recruitment allows amphibian population persistence in anthropogenic habitats.

ABSTRACT: Habitat anthropization is a major driver of global biodiversity decline. Although most species are negatively affected, some benefit from anthropogenic habitat modifications by showing intriguing life-history responses. For instance, increased recruitment through higher allocation to reproduction or improved performance during early-life stages could compensate for reduced adult survival, corresponding to "compensatory recruitment". To date, evidence of compensatory recruitment in response to habitat modification is restricted to plants, limiting understanding of its importance as a response to global change. We used the yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata), an amphibian occupying a broad range of natural and anthropogenic habitats, as a model species to test for and to quantify

SUBMITTER: Cayuela H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9499503 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature