Effects of the spatial pattern of the habitat on the feeding efficacy for the common spade foot toad (Pelobates fuscus)

Authors
Tobias, M Romanowsky, T Larink, O
Citation
M. Tobias et al., Effects of the spatial pattern of the habitat on the feeding efficacy for the common spade foot toad (Pelobates fuscus), AGR ECO ENV, 84(2), 2001, pp. 187-190
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
ISSN journal
01678809 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
187 - 190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8809(200104)84:2<187:EOTSPO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The influence of spatial obstruction of access to food of the common spade foot toad, Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768) was tested in the laboratory. Structures of two different habitats, namely cereal and fallow, were simula ted. Crickets (Acheta domestica) were used as prey. The amphibians were sig nificantly more successful in capturing insects in the linear simulation of cereal, than in the disorganised simulation of fallow land. (C) 2001 Elsev ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.