Bioregional monitoring design and occupancy estimation for two Sierra Nevadan amphibian taxa

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 675-691

  Brown, Cathy ^a   Olsen, Anthony R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian; Anaxyrus canorus; bioregional; GRTS; monitoring; probability of detection; probability survey design; Rana muscosa; Rana sierrae

Indexed keywords

ECOREGION; FROG; LAND MANAGEMENT; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; TOAD;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CANORUS; RANA MUSCOSA;

EID: 84884302384     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-168.1     Document Type: Article

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