Assessing the potential impact of an invasive species on a Mediterranean amphibian assemblage: A morphological and ecological approach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 680, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-245

  Escoriza, Daniel ^a   Boix, Dani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Co occurrence; Discoglossus pictus; Morphological guilds; Temporary ponds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COEXISTENCE; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; FROG; GUILD; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; POPULATION DECLINE; THERMOPHILY;

WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO CALAMITA; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS; PELODYTES PUNCTATUS;

EID: 82455164255     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0936-5     Document Type: Article

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