Habitat use of the common spadefoot toad (pelobates fuscus) in Estonia

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-62

  Markus, Maris ^a   Rannap, Riinu ^a   Kaart, Tanel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

amphibian; forest habitat; limiting factors; reproduction site

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; LIMITING FACTOR; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; TOAD;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84885410362     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002868     Document Type: Article

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