Evaluating expert opinion and spatial scale in an amphibian model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 242, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-45

  Charney, Noah D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Forest fragmentation; Lithobates sylvaticus; Resistant kernel; Vernal pool; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; LITHOBATES SYLVATICUS; RESISTANT KERNEL; VERNAL POOLS;

WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

MASSACHUSETTS; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84863489733     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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