Amphibian community response to variation in habitat structure and competitor density

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-30

  Purrenhage, Jennifer L ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Bufo americanus; Habitat complexity; Hyla versicolor; Rana pipiens

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXTINCTION RISK; FROG; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; TOAD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; FELIDAE; HYLA VERSICOLOR; RANA PIPIENS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 67149088762     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-017R1.1     Document Type: Article

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