Amphibian survival, growth and development in response to mineral nitrogen exposure and predator cues in the field: An experimental approach

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-642

  Griffis Kyle, Kerry L ^a,b   Ritchie, Mark E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum; Amphibian declines; Field experiment; Rana sylvatica

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMPHIBIAN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FROG; GROWTH; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; LARVA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RANIDAE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34250626875     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0686-2     Document Type: Article

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