Local and landscape influence on amphibian occurrence and abundance

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1936-1947

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anura; Canopy; Frog; Habitat distribution; Hydroperiod; Local vs. Landscape processes; Model selection; Newt; Predation; Presence absence; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

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

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 21744459930     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1237     Document Type: Article

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