Application of detection probabilities to the design of amphibian monitoring programs in temporary ponds

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 306-322

  Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^b   Diaz Paniagua, Carmen ^a   Bustamante, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; POND; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 78649362858     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0502     Document Type: Article

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