breeding pond

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breeding
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/
the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed ...
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pond
noun[C]
uk
/pɒnd/us
/pɑːnd/
an area of water smaller than a lake, often ...
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The toadlets then leave thebreedingpondand begin to forage for prey such as ants, beetles and moths.
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Thebreedingpondis a very noisy place, and females must distinguish a males calls from the other noise.
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Most species of long-toed salamanders migrate up into nearby forests and do not spend any time near thebreedingpondonce they have metamorphosed and the pond is dry.
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More than 50 fish breeding ponds are in operation.
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The breeding ponds of most species of long-toed salamanders completely dry up during the dry season.
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The larval period lasts about three months, with metamorphs leaving the breeding ponds in late spring.
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Besides habitat restoration, other attempts to increase population have included building of new breeding ponds, creation of habitat corridors to connect breeding sites, and reintroductions.
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Male toads generally outnumber female toads at breeding ponds.
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Males will often change breeding ponds, even within the same breeding season.
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Some breeding ponds may be hundreds of yards (meters) away from their forest home in fragmented landscapes.
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However, when the temperature rises and the moisture level is high, the salamanders make their abrupt migration towards their annual breeding ponds.
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They congregate to breeding ponds depending on the heavy spring and early summer rains.
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Threats to this species include destruction of the forest habitat, the filling in or deepening of the breeding ponds and the introduction of predatory fish.
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Once winter rains have soaked the soil and filled ephemeral streams, both males and females migrate up to 2 km to breeding ponds that exist only in winter.
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Juveniles are slower to leave the breeding ponds, but also tend to find cover in riparian areas, and may readily migrate about one half kilometer by summertime.
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It usually burrows near breeding ponds.
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Although usually a solitary animal, in the breeding season large numbers of toads converge on certain breeding ponds, where the males compete to mate with the females.
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Seasonal dates of migration to and from the breeding ponds can be correlated with bouts of sustained rainfall, ice thaw, or snow melt sufficient to replenish the (often) seasonal ponds.
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