Relationship of endangered amphibians to landscape disturbance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 738-744

  Warren, Steven D ^a   Buttner, Reiner ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b Institut für Vegetationskunde und Landschaftsökologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bombina variegata; Bufo calamita; Disturbance dependence; Hyla arborea; Military training; Rana esculenta; Threatened and endangered species; Triturus alpestris; Triturus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FROG; HABITAT MOSAIC; MILITARY LAND; POOL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SUCCESSION; TOAD;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE; RANA ESCULENTA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 42149123723     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-160     Document Type: Article

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