Amphibian movements in response to forest edges, roads, and streambeds in southern New England

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 584-589

  Gibbs, James P ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Ambystoma opacum; Amphibians; Dispersal; Edge; Notophthalmus viridescens; Plethodon cinereus; Rana palustris; Rana sylvatica; Roads

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FOREST EDGE; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MOVEMENT; ROAD; STREAM BED;

CONNECTICUT; USA;

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PLETHODON CINEREUS; RANA PALUSTRIS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0031812918     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802333     Document Type: Article

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