Sex and seasonal differences in the spatial terrestrial distribution of gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 250-258

  Johnson, Jarrett R ^a   Knouft, Jason H ^b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Arboreal refugia; Core habitat; Fragmentation; Landscape complementation; Migration; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BREEDING SITE; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 35448987981     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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