Estimating viability and sensitivity of the great crested newt Triturus cristatus at a regional scale

Web Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-76

  Karlsson, Tommy ^a   Betzholtz, Per Eric ^b   Malmgren, Jan C ^c  

^a The Co Admin Bd of Ostergotland   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JM Natur   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; JUVENILE; PITFALL TRAP; POND; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 35748931772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-7-63-2007     Document Type: Article

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