Oviposition site selection in a complex and variable environment: The role of habitat quality and conspecific cues

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-325

  Rudolf, Volker H W ^a,b   Rödel, Mark Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding behavior; Conspecific attraction; Desiccation risk; Habitat model; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

WATER;

FROG; HABITAT QUALITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENT; FROGS AND TOADS; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; COTE D'IVOIRE; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER;

ANURA; PHRYNOBATRACHUS;

EID: 12944249261     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1668-2     Document Type: Article

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