Amphibian distribution in a traditionally managed rural landscape of Eastern Europe: Probing the effect of landscape composition

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1118-1124

  Hartel, Tibor ^a,b,c   Schweiger, Oliver ^d   Öllerer, Kinga ^e   Cogǎlniceanu, Dan ^f   Arntzen, Jan W ^c  

^a Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^f OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Breeding pond use; Conservation; Landscape ecology; Romania; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ROMANIA;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 77951021996     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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