Conservation of newt guilds in an agricultural landscape of Belgium: The importance of aquatic and terrestrial habitats

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 714-728

  Denoël, Mathieu ^a   Ficetola, G Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Decline; Fish introduction; Fragmentation; Habitat determinants; Landscape use; Meta population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; PAYS DE HERVE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS;

EID: 50149097257     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.853     Document Type: Article

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