Pond and landscape characteristics - Which is more important for common toads (Bufo bufo)? A case study from central Romania

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Hartel, Tibor ^a,b   Nemes, Szilárd ^c   Demeter, László ^d   Öllerer, Kinga ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b Mircea Eliade College   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bufo bufo; Conservation; Counts; Habitat features; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749130843     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408783489248     Document Type: Article

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