Roles of Patch Characteristics, Drought Frequency, and Restoration in Long-Term Trends of a Widespread Amphibian

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1410-1420

  Hossack, Blake R ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a   Pearl, Christopher A ^a   Wilson, Kristine W ^b   Bull, Evelyn L ^c   Lohr, Kristin ^d   Patla, Debra ^e   Pilliod, David S ^a   Jones, Jason M ^b,f   Wheeler, Kevin K ^b   Mckay, Samuel P ^b   Corn, Paul Stephen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative   (United States)

^f Nevada Department of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Climate change; Constructed ponds; Fragmentation; Human footprint index; Hydroperiod; Monitoring; Restoration; State space model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLADISTICS; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FROG; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTED PONDS; DECLINACIÓN DE ANFIBIOS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTANQUES CONSTRUIDOS; FRAGMENTACIÓN; FRAGMENTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HIDROPERÍODO; HUMAN FOOTPRINT INDEX; HYDROPERIOD; ÍNDICE DE HUELLA ECOLÓGICA HUMANA; MODELO ESTADO-ESPACIO; MONITOREO; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; RESTAURACIÓN; RESTITUTION; STATE-SPACE MODEL;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTED PONDS; DECLINACIÓN DE ANFIBIOS; ESTANQUES CONSTRUIDOS; FRAGMENTACIÓN; FRAGMENTATION; HIDROPERÍODO; HUMAN FOOTPRINT INDEX; HYDROPERIOD; ÍNDICE DE HUELLA ECOLÓGICA HUMANA; MODELO ESTADO-ESPACIO; MONITOREO; MONITORING; RESTAURACIÓN; RESTORATION; STATE-SPACE MODEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE;

EID: 84897034382     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12119     Document Type: Article

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