A comparison of techniques for assessing amphibian assemblages on streams in the western boreal forest

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-119

  Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^a   Scrimgeour, Garry ^b   Gingras, Beverly A ^a   Kendall, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Biomonitoring; Bufo boreas; Pitfall trap; Rana sylvatica; Sampling techniques; Visual Survey; Western Toad; Wood Frog

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BOREAL FOREST; MONITORING; SAMPLING;

CANADA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0036461684     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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