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2022

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Stephanie NormanDepartment of WildlifeUndergraduate Student

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I studied Pacific Tree Frogs (Pseudacris regilla) at the Arcata Marsh to observe how canopy cover in the environment would influence how the frogs select microhabitats. Pacific Tree Frogs actively use color cues when selecting microhabitats and will use artificial refugia when it is available. Using PVC pipes painted either white or brown as artificial refugia, I set up one white and one brown PVC pipe sample at four sites around the Butcher Slough Log Pond. Two sites had no canopy cover while the other two had high canopy cover. I then tested whether Pacific Tree Frogs would select white or brown artificial refugia under the influence of low or high canopy cover in the environment.

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