Salamander climbing behavior varies among species and is correlated with community composition

Tori D Mezebish, August Blackman and Alexander J Novarro

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 3, 686-692

Abstract: How do salamander species live together in densely populated communities? One way they may coexist is by dividing space through climbing behavior. We found that different-sized species climb on plants at different rates. For some species, climbing frequency is correlated with the number of competitors in the community, suggesting that climbing behavior may be a means of reducing competitive interactions. Thus, climbable structures such as plants could facilitate larger population sizes and greater species diversity.

Keywords: amphibian; competition; GLM; niche partitioning; Plethodon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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