It is one of the first regional amphibian community investigations of trends in population dynamics in North America. Amphibians are important predators of insects, other invertebrates and vertebrates. Other anurans such as the leopard frogs, wood frogs, and eastern american toads spent summer months foraging for insects in the terrestrial landscape. Larger frog species, like the bullfrog and green frog, incorporate insects, small amphibians and reptiles, and even young water fowl into their diet. This impressive population is essential in controlling invertebrate populations.
Amphibians provide sustiance for other organisms, as well.
Frogs and salamanders are consumed by foraging mammals. Amphibians decline issues must be put into perspective. Presently, the worldwide destruction of biodiversity is greater now then any other period in the history of earth. More knowledge of long-term amphibian population dynamics are needed, in order to make assumptions of amphibian decline on a global level. However, it is clear that some amphibian species have experience considerable decline, and these declines can emphasize environmental problems with wide implications for other organsisms besides amphibians.