Spatio-temporal resource use at mciro-habitat scale in an amphibian community of a pond in Mediterranean central Italy

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Vignoli, L ^a   Bologna, M A ^a   Luiselli, L ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FIZV Ecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Community; Mediterranean; Microhabitat; Scale; Spatio temporal resource

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROHABITAT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE OVERLAP; POND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; HYLA INTERMEDIA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA DALMATINA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CARNIFEX; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 37749050398     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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