Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural landscapes during a climatic extreme

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 300-311

  Piha, Henna ^a   Luoto, Miska ^b,c   Piha, Markus ^d   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climatic extreme; Habitat heterogeneity; Landscape structure; Population persistence; Rana temporaria

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FROG; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERSISTENCE; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 33846260142     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01276.x     Document Type: Review

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