Population size influences amphibian detection probability: Implications for biodiversity monitoring programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Tanadini, Lorenzo G ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BREEDING; BUFO CALAMITA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFE HISTORY; MESOTRITON ALPESTRIS; NONHUMAN; PELOPHYLAX ESCULENTUS; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SALAMANDER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRITURUS CRISTATUS CARNIFEX; VOLUNTEER; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; WEATHER;

ALGORITHMS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SWITZERLAND; WEATHER;

EID: 82555175820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028244     Document Type: Article

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