Seasonal dynamics and breeding of amphibians in pristine forests (Białowieża National Park, E Poland) in dry years

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a   Brzeziński, Marcin ^b   Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ash alder forest; Common frog; Common toad; Density; Moor frog; Oak lime hornbeam forest; Rainfall; Spawning ponds; Water pH

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

POLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BETULACEAE; BUFO BUFO; CARPINUS; QUERCUS; RANA ARVALIS; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0242584928     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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