Effects of Prescribed Burning on Amphibian Diversity in a Southeastern U.S. National Forest

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1338-1349

  Schurbon, Jamie M ^a,b   Fauth, John E ^a,c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b Anoka Conservation District   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0141873083     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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