Acid water anuran pond communities along a regional forest to agro-urban ecotone

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 614-627

  Bunnell, John F ^a   Zampella, Robert A ^a  

^a New Jersey Pinelands Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ACRIS CREPITANS; BUFO FOWLERI; HYLA ANDERSONII; HYLA VERSICOLOR; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS KALMI; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; RANA SYLVATICA; RANA VIRGATIPES;

EID: 0033517076     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447594     Document Type: Article

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