Characterizing the width of amphibian movements during postbreeding migration

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 756-762

  Coster, Stephanie S ^a   Veysey Powell, Jessica S ^a   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridor; Migration; Radiotrack; Spotted salamander; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COORDINATE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; POPULATION MIGRATION; RANIDAE; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MAINE; PONDS; RANIDAE;

EID: 84900463106     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12214     Document Type: Article

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