Effects of hydroperiod duration on survival, developmental rate, and size at metamorphosis in boreal chorus frog tadpoles (Pseudacris maculata)

Herpetologica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 456-467

  Amburgey, Staci ^a   Funk, W Chris ^a   Murphy, Melanie ^a,c   Muths, Erin ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Climate change; Hydroperiod; Larval growth rate; Metamorphosis; Pseudacris maculata

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FROG; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPERIOD; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURVIVAL;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA;

EID: 84870525150     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00093     Document Type: Article

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