Quantitative recommendations for amphibian terrestrial habitat Conservation derived from habitat selection behavior

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2548-2554

  Indermaur, Lukas ^a,b   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^c,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Behavior; Bufo; Habitat dependence; Habitat requirement; Home range; Recommendation; Wood deposits

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 80054015490     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2047.1     Document Type: Article

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