Abundance of Green Tree Frogs and Insects in Artificial Canopy Gaps in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest

SCOTT HORN; JAMES L. HANULA; MICHAEL D. ULYSHEN; JOHN C. KILGO

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0321:AOGTFA]2.0.CO;2

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1 April 2005 Abundance of Green Tree Frogs and Insects in Artificial Canopy Gaps in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest

SCOTT HORN, JAMES L. HANULA, MICHAEL D. ULYSHEN, JOHN C. KILGO

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The American Midland Naturalist, 153(2):321-326 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0321:AOGTFA]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

We found more green tree frogs (Hyla cinerea) in canopy gaps than in closed canopy forest. Of the 331 green tree frogs observed, 88% were in canopy gaps. Likewise, higher numbers and biomasses of insects were captured in the open gap habitat. Flies were the most commonly collected insect group accounting for 54% of the total capture. These data suggest that one reason green tree frogs were more abundant in canopy gaps was the increased availability of prey and that small canopy gaps provide early successional habitats that are beneficial to green tree frog populations.

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SCOTT HORN, JAMES L. HANULA, MICHAEL D. ULYSHEN, and JOHN C. KILGO "Abundance of Green Tree Frogs and Insects in Artificial Canopy Gaps in a Bottomland Hardwood Forest," The American Midland Naturalist 153(2), 321-326, (1 April 2005). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0321:AOGTFA]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 September 2004; Published: 1 April 2005

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