Amphibian occurrence is influenced by current and historic landscape characteristics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2298-2309

  Piha, Henna ^a,b   Luoto, Miska ^c   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Amphibians; Bufo bufo; Gotland, Sweden; Habitat loss; Historic land use; Landscape characteristics; Newts; Pond; Rana arvalis; Species occurrence; Triturus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; RANA ARVALIS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TIME;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39349087704     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1509.1     Document Type: Article

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