Landscape complementation and metapopulation effects on leopard frog populations

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2498-2508

  Pope, Shealagh E ^a   Fahrig, Lenore ^a   Merriam, H Gray ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Dispersal; Landscape complementation; Landscape connectivity; Landscape structure; Leopard frog; Metapopulation dynamics; Multiscale analysis; Patch isolation; Rana pipiens; Recolonization; Rescue effect

Indexed keywords

FROG; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0033857892     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2498:LCAMEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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