Postmetamorphic dispersal and recruitment of first breeders in a Bufo calamita metapopulation

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-47

  Sinsch, Ulrich ^a  

^a Universität Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bufo calamita; Dispersal; Metamorphs; Microtag; Rescue effect

Indexed keywords

BREEDING COHORT; DISPERSAL; METAPOPULATION; NATTERJACK TOAD; POSTMETAMORPHIC DISPERSAL; RECRUITMENT;

GERMANY, RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 0030986551     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050281     Document Type: Article

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