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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2018.32.6.582

Changes in the Reproductive Population Size of the Huanren Brown Frog (Rana huanrenensis) and Wonsan Salamander (Hynobius leechii), which Breeding in Mountain Valleys, According to Climate Change  

Choi, Woo-Jin (Dept. of Biology, Kangwon National University)
Park, Daesik (Division of Science Education, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Ja-Kyeong (Exhibition & Education Division, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources)
Lee, Jung-Hyun (Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology)
Kim, Dae-In (Division of Ecological Survey and Research, National Institute of Ecology)
Kim, Il-Hun (Dept. of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.32, no.6, 2018 , pp. 582-590 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although there are many studies of the effect of climate change on the breeding phenology and community diversity of amphibians, the studies of variations in reproductive population size of individual species according to climate change are still lacking. We examined the effect of climate change on the reproductive population size of Rana huanrenensis and Hynobius leechii, which bred in mountain valleys, by surveying the reproductive population of the two species between 2005 and 2012 and analyzing the correlation between the variation of the outdoor population and the surrounding climate change factors, obtained from a meteorological observatory located at 5.6 km from the study site. The size of the reproductive population of the two species commonly fluctuated with aan pproximately 3.5-year cycle. That of H. leechii, in particular, decreased significantly over eight years. The air temperature tended to more closely relate with the reproductive population size of R. huanrenensis as was the case of the precipitation with that of H. leechii. The yearly mean highest temperature and spring mean temperature variation consistently decreased over the eight years, and the latter was related with the significantly decreased size of H. leechii reproductive population. These results showed that recent climate change directly could affect the reproductive population size of amphibians, particularly H. leechii, which breeds in mountain valleys.
Keywords
CLIMATE CHANGE; ANURAN; CAUDATA; REPRODUCTIVE POPULATION;
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