Resistance and resilience of a stream salamander to supraseasonal drought

Herpetologica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-323

  Price, Steven J ^a,b   Browne, Robert A ^a   Dorcas, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Capture mark recapture; Desmognathus fuscus; Northern Dusky Salamander; Occupancy; Survivorship; Temporary emigration

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DATA SET; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; EMIGRATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; STREAM; SURVIVORSHIP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867286008     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00084.1     Document Type: Article

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