Carryover aquatic effects on survival of metamorphic frogs during pond emigration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 250-261

  Chelgren, Nathan D ^a,b   Rosenberg, Daniel K ^a   Heppell, Selina S ^a   Gitelman, Alix I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Body size; Delayed effects; Emigration; Individual variation; Movement; Post metamorphosis; Rana aurora aurora; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EMIGRATION; FROG; LIFE CYCLE; MOVEMENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FROGS AND TOADS; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA AURORA;

EID: 33645105535     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0329     Document Type: Article

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