The effects of adjacent land use on wetland amphibian species richness and community composition

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1078-1094

  Houlahan, Jeff E ^a,b   Findlay, C Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0346816645     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-095     Document Type: Article

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