Microhabitat use and migration distance of an endangered grassland amphibian

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Searcy, Christopher A ^a   Gabbai Saldate, Emilio ^b   Bradley Shaffer, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma californiense; Grassland; Habitat use; Migration distance; Pond breeding amphibian; Spatiotemporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ARRAY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROHABITAT; MIGRATION; POND; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; METAMORPHA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84870228675     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.033     Document Type: Article

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