Habitat variables influencing breeding effort in northern clade Bufo fowleri: Implications for conservation

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-119

  Tupper, Todd A ^a,b   Cook, Robert P ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Bufo fowleri; Cape Cod National Seashore; Regression tree analysis; Species habitat models

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049095058     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408784648853     Document Type: Article

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