Pond hydroperiod alters the effect of density-dependent processes on larval anurans

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2761-2768

  Rogers, Tracy Noel ^a   Chalcraft, David R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; HYDROPERIOD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; METAPOPULATION; POND; POPULATION REGULATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO TERRESTRIS; HYLA SQUIRELLA;

EID: 58149103669     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-177     Document Type: Article

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