Salamander diversity and abundance in forests with alternative land use histories in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 117-130

  Hicks, Norman G ^a   Pearson, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Land use; Landscape change; Logging; Successional forests; Terrestrial salamanders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

SALAMANDER DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA;

EID: 0037424949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00319-5     Document Type: Article

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