Identifying habitat variables important to the rare Columbia spotted frog in Utah (U.S.A.): An information-theoretic approach

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 473-481

  Welch, Nathan E ^a,b   MacMahon, James A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's information criterion; Amphibian; Habitat association; Rana luteiventris; Rare species

Indexed keywords

FROG; HABITAT USE; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; RANA PRETIOSA;

EID: 16244388956     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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