Effects of landscape characteristics on amphibian distribution in a forest-dominated landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Herrmann, H L ^a,b   Babbitt, K J ^a   Baber, M J ^a   Congalton, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anurans; Buffers; Hydroperiod; Landscape ecology; Salamanders; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BUFFER ZONE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; HYDROPERIOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ROAD; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA;

EID: 15944373950     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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