A concentric analysis of the impact of urbanization on the threatened European tree frog in an agricultural landscape

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1599-1606

  Pellet, Jérôme ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^a   Perrin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Calling males; Circular buffers; Hyla arborea; Traffic density; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

FROG; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ROAD; ROADKILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 10644264548     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.0421a.x     Document Type: Article

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