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Article

Amphibian Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in a Heterogeneous Landscape of West-Central Mexico

by
Verónica Carolina Rosas-Espinoza
1,
Karen Elizabeth Peña-Joya
2,
Eliza Álvarez-Grzybowska
1,
Arquímedes Alfredo Godoy-González
1,
Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez
3 and
Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza
1,*
1
Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular, Microbiología y Taxonomía (LEMITAX), Departamento de Ecología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan 45200, Jalisco, Mexico
2
Laboratorio de Ecología, Paisaje y Sociedad, Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta 48280, Jalisco, Mexico
3
Departamento de Producción Forestal, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan 45200, Jalisco, Mexico
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2022, 14(9), 738; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090738
Submission received: 21 July 2022 / Revised: 22 August 2022 / Accepted: 6 September 2022 / Published: 8 September 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Amphibians and Reptiles: Threats and Conservation)
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Abstract

Land use in Mexico has dramatically changed in recent decades since deforested lands have been repurposed for agriculture. We evaluated the amphibian taxonomic and functional diversity of a heterogeneous landscape with ten land cover/use types in west-central Mexico. Taxonomic diversity was evaluated with q-order indices, and functional diversity was calculated with three multivariate functional diversity indices by land cover/use. The relationship between amphibian diversity, habitat structure, and environmental variables was analyzed using multidimensional distance-based analyses. Our results showed that most native land cover types exhibited a similar species richness (low values) among the studied crops, except for the riparian habitat surrounded by tropical dry forest (high richness) and secondary vegetation (intermediate richness). Regarding functional diversity, the riparian habitat surrounded by tropical dry forest, sugar cane field, and secondary vegetation had the highest values. The secondary vegetation had more functional groups than other land cover/use types. Despite the lack of a clear spatial pattern of amphibian taxonomic and functional diversity, we determined that attributes such as herbaceous cover and water availability are essential to maintain both facets with high amphibian diversity in the land cover/use types (e.g., secondary vegetation and sugar cane).
Keywords: crop; tropical forest; temperate forest; medium scale; diversity patterns; frogs; toads crop; tropical forest; temperate forest; medium scale; diversity patterns; frogs; toads

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Rosas-Espinoza, V.C.; Peña-Joya, K.E.; Álvarez-Grzybowska, E.; Godoy-González, A.A.; Santiago-Pérez, A.L.; Rodríguez-Zaragoza, F.A. Amphibian Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in a Heterogeneous Landscape of West-Central Mexico. Diversity 2022, 14, 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090738

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Rosas-Espinoza VC, Peña-Joya KE, Álvarez-Grzybowska E, Godoy-González AA, Santiago-Pérez AL, Rodríguez-Zaragoza FA. Amphibian Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in a Heterogeneous Landscape of West-Central Mexico. Diversity. 2022; 14(9):738. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090738

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Rosas-Espinoza, Verónica Carolina, Karen Elizabeth Peña-Joya, Eliza Álvarez-Grzybowska, Arquímedes Alfredo Godoy-González, Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez, and Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza. 2022. "Amphibian Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in a Heterogeneous Landscape of West-Central Mexico" Diversity 14, no. 9: 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090738

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Rosas-Espinoza, V. C., Peña-Joya, K. E., Álvarez-Grzybowska, E., Godoy-González, A. A., Santiago-Pérez, A. L., & Rodríguez-Zaragoza, F. A. (2022). Amphibian Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in a Heterogeneous Landscape of West-Central Mexico. Diversity, 14(9), 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090738

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