The Dry Season Shuffle: Gorges Provide Refugia for Animal Communities in Tropical Savannah Ecosystems

In the wet-dry tropics, animal species face the major challenges of acquiring food, water or shelter during an extended dry season. Although large and conspicuous animals such as ungulates and waterfowl migrate to wetter areas during this time, little is known of how smaller and more cryptic animal...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 7; p. e0131186
Main Authors:	Doody, J Sean, Clulow, Simon, Kay, Geoff, D'Amore, Domenic, Rhind, David, Wilson, Steve, Ellis, Ryan, Castellano, Christina, McHenry, Colin, Quayle, Michelle, Hands, Kim, Sawyer, Graeme, Bass, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 02-07-2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animal behavior Animal Migration - physiology Animal species Animals Anura - physiology Aquatic animals Aquatic fauna Australia Bias Buffer zones Canyons Chelodina burrungandjii Communities Developmental biology Droughts Dry season Ecology Ecosystems Endangered & extinct species Fauna Food chains Frogs Grassland Life sciences Lizards Lizards - physiology Mammals - physiology Migration Museums National parks Parks & recreation areas Rainy season Refugia Refugium Reptiles & amphibians Return migration Savannahs Seasons Shelters Snakes Snakes - physiology Species Terrestrial environments Toads Tropical Climate Tropical environments Turtles Turtles - physiology Ungulates Vertebrates Water - physiology Waterfowl Wetlands Woodlands Australia
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