Newt decline in Western Europe: Highlights from relative distribution changes within guilds

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2887-2898

  Denoël, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Distribution atlas; Europe; IUCN; Newts; Spatial scale; Triturus cristatus

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AMPHIBIAN; ATLAS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GUILD; MONITORING; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY; WETLAND;

WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS; TRITURUS HELVETICUS; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84866130737     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0343-x     Document Type: Article

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