Variable breeding phenology affects the exposure of amphibian embryos to ultraviolet radiation

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2958-2963

  Corn, Paul Stephen ^a   Muths, Erin ^b  

^a USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Boreal chorus frog; Breeding phenology; Global change; Pseudacris maculata; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING; EMBRYO; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FUNGI; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012298296     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2958:VBPATE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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