Timing of large movement events of pond-breeding amphibians in Western Massachusetts, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-454

  Timm, Brad C ^a   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Compton, Bradley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emigration; Phenology; Road closures; Vernal pool

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FROG; IMMIGRATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 33947181014     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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