How to cope with periods of drought? Age at maturity, longevity, and growth of marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) in Mediterranean temporary ponds

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1905-1911

  Jakob, Christiane ^a   Miaud, Claude ^b   Crivelli, Alain J ^a   Veith, Michael ^c  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WATER;

PONDS; SKELETOCHRONOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE AT MATURITY; AMPHIBIAN; DROUGHT; EPHEMERAL POOL; GROWTH; LONGEVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS MARMORATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342332807     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-164     Document Type: Article

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