Ecological and Geographical Gis-Analysis of Anomalies in Amphibians of Ukraine

Abstract

GIS modeling of 138 georeferenced point data of anomalies in amphibians in Ukraine (data from both the literature and personal field surveys) revealed a rather poor, but statistically significant correlation of the numbers of anomalies with the anthropogenic impact measured by the Human Footprint (r=0,268, p=0,0025). We consider that in certain cases the abundance of anomalies in amphibians could be used for purposes of bioindication.

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