Response of amphibians to restoration of a southern Appalachian wetland: A long-term analysis of community dynamics

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1030-1042

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

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

Author keywords

Amphibians; Community dynamics; Mitigation banks; North Carolina; Pond colonization

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; POND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 1442291075     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2003)023[1030:ROATRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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