Ecology of ecotones: Interactions between salamanders on a complex environmental gradient

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2112-2123

  Grover, Mark C ^a   Wilbur, Henry M ^b  

^a Feather River College   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphibian; Colonization; Dispersal; Ecotone; Field experiment; Habitat selection; Landscape; Moisture gradient; Plethodontidae; Salamander; Species interactions; Virginia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLONIZATION; ECOTONE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROHABITAT; MOISTURE;

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; GYRINOPHILUS PORPHYRITICUS; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON GLUTINOSUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0038682142     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2112:EOEIBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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