Biological Criteria for Buffer Zones around Wetlands and Riparian Habitats for Amphibians and Reptiles;Criterios Biológicos para Zonas de Amortiguamiento Alrededor de Hábitats de Humedales y Riparios para Anfibios y Reptiles

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1219-1228

  Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Bodie, J Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b 507 Crooked Oak Drive   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; REPTILE; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; REPTILIA; RIPARIA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0142086476     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02177.x     Document Type: Review

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