Spatial variation in water loss predicts terrestrial salamander distribution and population dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 357-369

  Peterman, W E ^a,b   Semlitsch, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ecophysiology; Foraging time; Plaster models; Plethodon albagula

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ECTOTHERMY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROHABITAT; MOISTURE CONTENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PLETHODON ALBAGULA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MISSOURI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; URODELA; WATER;

EID: 84907699181     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3041-4     Document Type: Article

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