Apparent survival of the salamander Salamandra salamandra is low because of high migratory activity

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b   Schaub, Michael ^c,d   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 35348855213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-4-19     Document Type: Article

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