Monitoring status, habitat features and amphibian species richness of Crested newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies) ponds at the edge of the species range (Salzburg, Austria)

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-115

  Maletzky, A ^a   Kyek, M ^b   Goldschmid, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Institute of Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat features; Monitoring; Pond occupancy; Salzburg; Triturus cristatus superspecies

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMONITORING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; POND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA];

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 34447122604     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2007017     Document Type: Article

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