Table 4. Comparison of the threshold distance (± 1 SD) from 2006 and 2007 that the road effect zone of Highway 401 extended into the landscape for anuran relative abundance and species richness, as estimated from the breakpoints of piecewise regressions. For cases in which more than one breakpoint was estimated (*) (e.g., American toad in 2006; Figs. 3 and 4), only the estimate from the best-fitting model is shown. N/A indicates that no statistically significant (P < 0.05) "difference in slope parameter" was present, or that no piecewise regression was attempted because a threshold was not apparent from visual examination of the data. A piecewise regression was not attempted for the chorus frog in 2007 because of the low number of presences (7) of this species in that year.
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Response |
Breakpoint (m) (2006) |
Breakpoint (m) (2007) |
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Species Richness |
640.9 ± 183.1* |
675.4 ± 245.2 |
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Wood Frog Summed Calling |
827.8 ± 204.7 |
529.94 ± 94.6* |
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Western Chorus Frog Summed Calling |
1417.0 ± 290.7* |
N/A |
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Spring Peeper Summed Calling |
273.8 ± 55.8 |
211.8 ± 26.6 |
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Leopard Frog Maximum Adults |
N/A |
N/A |
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American Toad Summed Calling |
246.4 ± 56.4* |
149.8 ± 27.1 |
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Gray Treefrog Summed Calling |
245.9 ± 54.1 |
316.2 ± 98.0* |
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Green Frog Maximum Adults |
N/A |
N/A |
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