Demographic dynamics of the afro-tropical pig-nosed frog, Hemisus marmoratus: Effects of climate and predation on survival and recruitment

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-46

  Grafe, T Ulmar ^a   Kaminsky, Stefan K ^a   Bitz, Johannes H ^a   Lüssow, Hedje ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Mark recapture; Population ecology; Tadpoles; Tortoises

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FROG; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CLIMATE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEMISUS MARMORATUS; SUS SCROFA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 4944220711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1639-7     Document Type: Article

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