Effect of transmitter mass and tracking duration on body mass change of two anuran species

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-269

  Indermaur, Lukas ^a,b   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^c,d   Tockner, Klement ^a,b,e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Bufo; Long term effect; Model averaging; Radio tracking; Tag; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; GRAVEL BED STREAM; TAGGING; TOAD; TRACKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 42649142933     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808784125054     Document Type: Article

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