Responses of amphibians to restoration of a southern Appalachian wetland: Perturbations confound post-restoration assessment

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-290

  Petranka, James W ^a   Murray, Susan S ^a,b   Kennedy, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Created ponds; Drought; Mitigation banks; North Carolina; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; TULULA WETLANDS; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; IRIDOVIRUS; RANA SYLVATICA; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 0043071429     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/7-20     Document Type: Article

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