Pond permanence and the effects of exotic vertebrates on anurans

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 559-568

  Adams, Michael J ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Anura; Competition; Environmental gradients; Exotic species, effects on native species; Hyla regilla; Lepomis; Pond amphibian communities vs. pond permanence; Pond permanence vs. effects of exotic species; Predation; Rana aurora aurora; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POND; POPULATION DECLINE;

PUGET LOWLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA REGILLA; LEPOMIS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA AURORA; RANA AURORA AURORA; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033863536     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0559:PPATEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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