Response of reptile and amphibian communities to canopy gaps created by wind disturbance in the southern Appalachians

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 135-144

  Greenberg, Cathryn H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Gaps; Natural disturbance and herpetofauna; Salamanders; Southern Appalachian herpetofauna; Southern Appalachian reptiles

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; TURBULENCE; WIND;

AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HERPETOFAUNA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WINDTHROW;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035399941     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00486-2     Document Type: Article

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