Within-pond parameters affecting oviposition by wood frogs and spotted salamanders

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Egan, Robert S ^a   Paton, Peter W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Breeding population size; Egg mass; Fish presence; Habitat; Hydroperiod; Oviposition; Pond breeding amphibians; Rana sylvatica; Rhode Island; Spotted salamander; Vegetation cover; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HYDROPERIOD; OVIPOSITION; POND; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 16544376011     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0001:WPAOBW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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