Man-made Mediterranean temporary ponds as a tool for amphibian conservation

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-93

  Ruhí, Albert ^a   Sebastian, Olatz San ^b,c,d   Feo, Carles ^a,e   Franch, Marc ^b,c,d   Gascón, Stéphanie ^a   Richter Boix, Àlex ^b,f   Boix, Dani ^a   Llorente, Gustavo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Observatorio de Herpetología de Aranzadi   (Spain)

^d Fundació Emys ^*  (Spain)

^e Museu Darder Espai d'Interpretació de l'Estany   (Spain)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bufo calamita; Conservation; Mediterranean temporary ponds; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COLONIZATION; EPHEMERAL POOL; HYDROPERIOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PITFALL TRAP; TOAD; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 84860724534     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2011059     Document Type: Article

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