Salamander abundance and amphibian species richness in riparian buffer strips in the Oregon Coast Range

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-297

  Vesely, David G ^a   McComb, William C ^a  

^a Pacific Wildlife Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcut; Forest management; Habitat associations; Plethodon; Visual encounter surveys

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AMPHIBIANS;

FORESTRY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANEIDES FERREUS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON DUNNI; PLETHODON VEHICULUM; RHYACOTRITON; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036587320     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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