Bullfrogs, disturbance regimes, and the persistence of California red-legged frogs

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 424-438

  Doubledee, Rebecca A ^a,b   Muller, Erik B ^a   Nisbet, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Anuran; Bullfrogs; California; Disturbance regimes; Floods; Introduced species; Matrix models; Population dynamics; Rana aurora; Rana catesbeiana; Red legged frogs

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; FROG; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA AURORA DRAYTONII; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0038371158     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802783     Document Type: Article

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