Short-term response of jordan's salamander to a shelterwood timber harvest in western north carolina

Physical Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-166

  Bartman, Chad E ^a   Parker, Kathleen C ^a   Laerm, Joshua ^a   McCay, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

North Carolina; Salamander; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

UNITED STATES;

PLETHODON JORDANI;

EID: 0035207138     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2001.10642735     Document Type: Article

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