Multiple stressors and salamanders: Effects of an herbicide, food limitation, and hydroperiod

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1028-1040

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Elskus, Adria A ^a   Shepherd, Brian S ^a   Crowley, Philip H ^a   McCarthy, Thomas M ^a   Niedzwiecki, John H ^a   Sager, Tyler ^a   Sih, Andrew ^a,b   Palmer, Brent D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma barbouri; Amphibian decline; Atrazine; Behavior; Embryos; Larvae; Life history; Metamorphosis; Ontogeny; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ATRAZINE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LIFE HISTORY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444322560     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5087     Document Type: Article

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