A co-development approach to conservation leads to informed habitat design and rapid establishment of amphibian communities

The study was based on 88 reference ponds and 25 intervention ponds (five restored and 20 newly constructed), all situated in the Moray Firth-Aviemore area of the Scottish Highlands, UK. They were surveyed at least three, and generally four, times annually between 2014 and 2018 during the breeding season (March-June). Survey techniques following the British National Amphibian and Reptile Recording scheme (NARRS) protocol which standardises survey effort by pond perimeter and encompassed egg searching, dip netting, torching (flashlighting), and minnow traps. We collected habitat data from 129 variables for these ponds, 88 derived through fieldwork in 2014 and 41 through desk study. Topographical features were obtained from GIS using 1:25 000 maps from the British mapping agency Ordnance Survey.

本研究以英国苏格兰高地马里湾-阿维莫尔区域内的88个参照池塘与25个干预池塘为研究对象，其中干预池塘包含5个修复池塘与20个新建池塘。2014至2018年的繁殖季（3月至6月）期间，每年对这些池塘开展至少3次、通常为4次的调查。调查方法遵循英国国家两栖爬行动物记录计划（British National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme, NARRS）的规程，该规程通过池塘周长标准化调查作业量，涵盖卵块搜寻、捞网采样、夜间灯光巡检与小型陷阱笼采样。本研究共收集了129项涵盖这些池塘的栖息地特征变量数据，其中88项通过2014年野外实地调查获取，剩余41项通过案头研究获得。地形特征数据源自地理信息系统（GIS），使用英国地形测量局（Ordnance Survey）发布的1:25000比例尺地形图提取。