Complex life cycles and density dependence: Assessing the contribution of egg mortality to amphibian declines

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-333

  Vonesh, James R ^a   De la Cruz, Omar ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Bufo; Elasticity; Limitation; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; BOREAS; BUFO; BUFO BOREAS; FUNGI; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036937685     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1039-9     Document Type: Article

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