Landscape resistance to movement of the poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, in the lowlands of northeastern Costa Rica

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-197

  Nowakowski, A J ^a   Otero Jimenez B ^b   Allen, M ^c   Diaz Escobar, M ^d   Donnelly, M A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Behavioral landscape ecology; Connectivity; Displacement; Fragmentation; Land use; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FROG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; MOVEMENT; PASTURE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 84876471967     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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