Movement ecology of amphibians: A missing component for understanding population declines

Biological Conservation

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Pittman, Shannon E ^a   Osbourn, Michael S ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Connectivity; Dispersal; Individual based models; Migration; Movement; Settlement

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; JUVENILE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84888244500     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.10.020     Document Type: Review

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