Winter snowfall determines the occupancy of northern prairie wetlands by tadpoles of the Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1063-1073

  Donald, David B ^a   Aitken, William T ^a   Paquette, Carrie ^b   Wulff, Shaun S ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; EXTINCTION; FROG; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; WETLAND; WINTER;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 80355144950     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-082     Document Type: Article

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