Regional dynamics and the status of amphibians

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2091-2097

  Hecnar, Stephen J ^a   M'Closkey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian status; Colonization; Community dynamics; Extinction; Local vs. Regional scale; Metapopulations; Population dynamics; Species incidence; Species persistence; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN TOAD; AMPHIBIAN; LAND USE; LEOPARD FROG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0030426159     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265703     Document Type: Article

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