Spring migration distances of some Central European amphibian species

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-378

  Kovar, Roman ^a   Brabec, Marek ^b   Vita, Radovan ^a   Bocek, Radomir ^a  

^a VIA Service Ltd ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Dispersal; Life history; Migration; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DATA ACQUISITION; HABITAT CREATION; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPRING (SEASON);

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA BOMBINA; BUFO BUFO; RANA ARVALIS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 70349286801     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788795236     Document Type: Article

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