Simulated potential effects of ecological factors on a hypothetical population of Chiricahua leopard frog (Rana chiricahuensis)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 175-181

  Boykin, Kenneth G ^a   McDaniel, Kirk C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chytrid fungus; Ecological stressors; Population modeling; Stream base flow; Stream peak flow

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ANNUAL DEATH; BASE FLOWS; CHRONIC EFFECTS; CHYTRID FUNGUS; COMBINED EFFECTS; DEATH RATES; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL STRESSORS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY RATES; MULTIPLE PERTURBATIONS; PEAK FLOWS; POPULATION MODELING; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC EFFECTS; STREAM BASE FLOW; STREAM PEAK FLOW;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BASEFLOW; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; PEAK FLOW; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; FUNGI; RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS;

EID: 50849128469     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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