Terrestrial habitat selection and strong density-dependent mortality in recently metamorphosed amphibians

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2563-2574

  Patrick, David A ^a,c   Harper, Elizabeth B ^b,c   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a   Calhoun, Aram J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phase; Density dependence; Habitat choice; Rana sylvatica; Spatial distribution; Spatial scale; Terrestrial enclosure; Terrestrial habitat selection; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANIDAE;

EID: 54549120509     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0906.1     Document Type: Article

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