Adult survival and temporary emigration in the common toad

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 859-872

  Frétey, Thierry ^a   Cam, Emmanuelle ^b   Le Garff, Bernard ^c   Monnat, Jean Yves ^d  

^a Association Racine   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Penn Ar Run Izella ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BREEDING ACTIVITY; TEMPORARY EMIGRATION; VERTEBRATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

EMIGRATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION MODELING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344229666     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-058     Document Type: Article

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