Density dependence in the terrestrial life history stage of two anurans

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 879-889

  Harper, Elizabeth B ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Growth; Population regulation; Reproductive development; Survival

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FROG; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION REGULATION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVIDUCT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; OVIDUCTS; POPULATION DENSITY; RANIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 34548574684     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0796-x     Document Type: Article

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