Stability and annual return rates in amphibian populations

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Salvidio, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

amphibian populations; annual return rates; density dependence; non linear logistic modelling; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FROG; PERTURBATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650887872     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/017353710X541887     Document Type: Article

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