Changes in frog and toad populations over 30 years in New York State

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1148-1157

  Gibbs, James P ^a   Whiteleather, K Kristian ^a   Schueler, Frederick W ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Bishops Mills Natural History Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Amphibians; Anurans; Frogs; Habitat fragmentation; New York State; Population dynamics; Population trends; Toads; Urbanization; USA

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 23044489698     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5408     Document Type: Article

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