Estimating occupancy in large landscapes: Evaluation of amphibian monitoring in the greater yellowstone ecosystem

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-389

  Gould, William R ^a   Patla, Debra A ^b   Daley, Rob ^c   Corn, Paul Stephen ^d   Hossack, Blake R ^d,e   Bennetts, Robert ^c   Peterson, Charles R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Conservation; Detection; Extinction; Trend; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; CATCHMENT; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84863726759     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0273-0     Document Type: Article

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