Effects of landscape composition and wetland fragmentation on frog and toad abundance and species richness in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1437-1446

  Knutson, Melinda G ^a   Sauer, John R ^b   Olsen, Douglas A ^a   Mossman, Michael J ^c   Hemesath, Lisa M ^d,f   Lannoo, Michael J ^e  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^e BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Division of Public Lands   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

IOWA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 0032740692     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98445.x     Document Type: Article

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