Frog population viability under present and future climate conditions: A Bayesian state-space approach

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 978-985

  Mccaffery, R ^a   Solonen, A ^b,c   Crone, E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture analysis; Climate change; Ecological forecasting; Population viability analysis; Rana luteiventris; Snow water equivalence

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTINCTION; FROG; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWPACK;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTANA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS;

EID: 84864917182     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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