No evidence of general decline in an amphibian community of Southern France

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Crochet, Pierre André ^a,b   Chaline, Olivier ^a   Cheylan, Marc ^a   Guillaume, Claude Pierre ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Community; Conservation; Fish; Population dynamic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELODYTES; PELODYTES PUNCTATUS; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 3042781685     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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