Assessing changes in amphibian population dynamics following experimental manipulations of introduced fish

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1572-1581

  Pope, Karen L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Lake restoration; MARK; Mark recapture; Rana cascadae; Trout effects

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROG; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMONID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; SALMONIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CASCADAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 57649087781     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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