Amphibian breeding and climate change: the importance of snow in the mountains

Authors: P. Stephen Corn
Contribution Number: 72

http://leopold.wilderness.net/pubs/467.pdf

Abstract/Summary

The breeding phenologies of ectotherms are inextricably linked to weather, and amphibians in some temperate locations may have been breeding earlier in recent years in response to warmer spring temperatures.

Publication details
Published Date: 2003
Outlet/Publisher: Conservation Biology 17: 622–625
Media Format: .PDF
Late snowmelt in Rocky Mountain National Park, June 1995.<br />Photo by: PS Corn

Late snowmelt in Rocky Mountain National Park, June 1995.
Photo by: PS Corn

ARMI Organizational Units:
Rocky Mountains, Northern - Biology
Topics:
Climate Change
Place Names:
Oregon
Keywords:
climate
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