Amphibian diversity and nestedness in a dynamic floodplain river (Tagliamento, NE-Italy)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 565, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 121-133

  Tockner, K ^a,b   Klaus, I ^a   Baumgartner, C ^c   Ward, J V ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Alluvial Zone National Park   (Austria)

Author keywords

Braided river; Bufo bufo; Conservation; Disturbance; Indicator species; Island; Large wood; Parafluvial pond; Population; Rana latastei; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

BRAIDED RIVER; BUFO BUFO; DISTURBANCE; INDICATOR SPECIES; ISLAND; LARGE WOOD; PARAFLUVIAL POND; POPULATION; RANA LATASTEI;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; EXTINCTION; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; RANA LATASTEI;

EID: 33646889745     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1909-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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