Local and landscape determinants of amphibian communities in urban ponds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-390

  Hamer, Andrew J ^a   Parris, Kirsten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Community ecology; Human population; Landscape; Urban ecology; Urbanization; Water quality; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREEDING SITE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPEN SPACE; POISSON RATIO; POND; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LARVA; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 79955548406     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0390.1     Document Type: Article

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