Modeling amphibian energetics, habitat suitability, and movements of western toads, Anaxyrus (=Bufo) boreas, across present and future landscapes

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2675-2686

  Bartelt, Paul E ^a   Klaver, Robert W ^b   Porter, Warren P ^c  

^a Waldorf College   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaxyrus boreas; Bufo boreas; Climate warming; Cost surfaces; Habitat modeling; Movement corridors; Physiological modeling; Western toads

Indexed keywords

ANAXYRUS BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; CLIMATE WARMING; COST SURFACES; HABITAT MODELING; MOVEMENT CORRIDORS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELING; WESTERN TOADS;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; EVAPORATION; FOOD SUPPLY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO; BUFO BOREAS;

EID: 77956924832     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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