Density, climate and varying return points: An analysis of long-term population fluctuations in the threatened European tree frog

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-71

  Pellet, Jérôme ^a,b   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^c,d   Fivaz, Fabien ^c   Perrin, Nicolas ^a   Grossenbacher, Kurt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Density dependence; Model selection; Population fluctuations; Population regulation; Population viability analysis; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DENSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 33748578010     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0432-1     Document Type: Article

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