Correlated factors in amphibian decline: Exotic species and habitat change in western Washington

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1162-1171

  Adams, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Bullfrogs; Exotic vertebrates; Fish stocking; Puget Lowlands; Rana aurora; Rana catesbeiana; Red legged frogs; Washington; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032749990     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802834     Document Type: Article

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