New home, new life: The effect of shifts in the habitat choice of salamander larvae on population performance and their effect on pond invertebrate communities

Changes of habitats are amongst the main drivers of evolutionary processes. Corresponding shifts in the behaviour and life history traits of species might in turn also alter ecosystem attributes. The reproduction of Western European fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra), in small pond habitats in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reinhardt, Timm
Other Authors: Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Umweltwissenschaften
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2017
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-157607
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-157607
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/15760/DissertationREINHARDT2014_PDFA.pdf