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  <dc:contributor>Christopher J. Anderson</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>J. Barry Grand</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Craig Guyer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Diane M. Alix</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2014</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Anthropogenic land use is known to impact aquatic ecosystems in several ways, including increased frequency and intensity of floods, stream channel incision, sedimentation, and loss of microtopography. Amphibians are susceptible to changes in wetland and surrounding habitats. This study evaluated amphibian assemblages of fifteen headwater slope wetlands in coastal Alabama across a gradient of land uses. Amphibians were surveyed on a seasonal basis and land use was delineated within wetland watersheds and within a 200-m buffer surrounding each wetland. Amphibian presence/absence and land use data were used to develop species occupancy models. Both urban and agricultural land use were shown to influence amphibian occurrence. Species richness ranged from five to ten species across sites; however, five species only occurred in wetlands surrounded by forested lands. Many species were detected more frequently on these wetlands compared to wetlands surrounded by urban or mixed land uses. Occupancy models showed&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;Acris gryllus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;was negatively associated with the amount of agriculture within a buffer around the wetland.&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;Hyla squirella&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;Lithobates clamitans&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;L. sphenocephalus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;were positively associated with agricultural land within a watershed.&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;Anaxyrus terrestris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;and the non-native&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i class="a-plus-plus"&gt;Eleutherodactylus planirostris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;were positively associated with the amount of impervious surface area within the wetland buffer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1007/s13157-014-0553-y</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Springer</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Evaluating the effects of land use on headwater wetland amphibian assemblages in coastal Alabama</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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