Potential component allee effects and their impact on wetland management in the conservation of endangered anurans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Gaston, Michele A ^a   Fuji, Akiko ^a   Weckerly, Floyd W ^a   Forstner, Michael R J ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; NONHUMAN; POND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOAD; WETLAND; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO HOUSTONENSIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MALE; WETLANDS;

EID: 77956313701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010102     Document Type: Article

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