Competition leads to an extinction-prone species of salamander: Interspecific territoriality in a metapopulation

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2494-2502

  Griffis, Martha R ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competitive release; Density; Endangered species; Extinction; Interspecific territoriality; Metapopulation; Plethodon cinereus; Plethodon shenandoah; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EXTINCTION RISK; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METAPOPULATION; TERRITORIALITY;

SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON SHENANDOAH;

EID: 0031756342     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2494:CLTAEP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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