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Identifying climate-resistant vernal pools: Hydrologic refugia for amphibian reproduction under droughts and climate change

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Cartwright, J., Morelli, T. L., & Grant, E. H. C. (2021). Identifying climate-resistant vernal pools: Hydrologic refugia for amphibian reproduction under droughts and climate change. Ecohydrology, e2354. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2354

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Abstract (from Ecohydrology): Vernal pools of the northeastern United States provide important breeding habitat for amphibians but may be sensitive to droughts and climate change. These seasonal wetlands typically fill by early spring and dry by mid-to-late summer. Because climate change may produce earlier and stronger growing-season evapotranspiration combined with increasing droughts and shifts in precipitation timing, management concerns include the possibility that some pools will increasingly become dry earlier in the year, potentially interfering with amphibian life-cycle completion. In this context, a subset of pools that continues to provide wetland habitat later into the year under relatively dry conditions might function [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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citationTypeJournal Article
journalEcohydrology
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value10.1002/eco.2354

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