{"id":64,"date":"2020-08-05T11:55:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-09-03T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:30:49","slug":"herps-the-heart-of-the-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/2020\/08\/05\/herps-the-heart-of-the-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Herps: the heart of the ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sarah Clarke is a recent graduate of UVM&#8217;s Rubenstein School, and is a true lover of herps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>She writes, &#8220;I decided to paint this because I love herps, not to be cheesy or anything. I also think these lower trophic levels play a huge role and are the <em>heart of ecosystems<\/em>, yet many people don\u2019t even realize it. Eastern red-backed salamanders can have greater biomasses than birds, wood frogs can freeze themselves solid, and spotted salamander embryos can have symbiotic relationships with algae. These really are fascinating creatures! &#8220;<\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/files\/2020\/09\/Clarke_art_zoom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/files\/2020\/09\/Clarke_art_zoom.png 639w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/files\/2020\/09\/Clarke_art_zoom-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;This is an acrylic painting of an anatomical heart that is painted as a cross section of a tree trunk. On the extended branches there are frog eggs, spotted salamander eggs (characterized by the green tint of algae), and a wood frog. The frog eggs do not have an outer gel layer like the salamander eggs. There is also a spotted salamander, ring-necked snake, and eastern red-backed salamander. Coming out of the top are real, pressed flowers. The edges are bordered by scientific names of amphibian and reptile species in Vermont.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Clarke is a recent graduate of UVM&#8217;s Rubenstein School, and is a true lover of herps. She writes, &#8220;I decided to paint this because I love herps, not to be cheesy or anything. I also think these lower trophic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/2020\/08\/05\/herps-the-heart-of-the-ecosystem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[643177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-herpetology-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmosher1-fieldherp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}