Pond and landscape determinants of Rana dalmatina population sizes in a Romanian rural landscape

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Hartel, Tibor ^a   Nemes, Szilárd ^b   Cogǎlniceanu, Dan ^c   Öllerer, Kinga ^d   Moga, Cosmin Ioan ^a   Lesbarrères, David ^e   Demeter, László ^f  

^a Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^e LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Sapientia EMTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Population sizes; Rana dalmatina; Romania; Rural landscapes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; FROG; MACROPHYTE; POND; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA DALMATINA;

EID: 58149107699     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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