Herpetofaunal species richness responses to forest landscape structure in Arkansas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-308

  Loehle, Craig ^a   Wigley, T Bently ^b   Shipman, Paul A ^c   Fox, Stanley F ^d   Rutzmoser, Scott ^e   Thill, Ronald E ^f   Melchiors, M Anthony ^g  

^a Natl Cncl Air Stream I   (United States)

^b Natl Cncl Air Stream I   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Southern Research Station   (United States)

^g WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Fragmentation; Herpetofaunal; Riparian; Roads; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAMPLING; WATERSHEDS;

BASAL AREA (BA); FOREST LANDSCAPES; HERPETOFAUNAL SPECIES; SILVICULTURES;

FORESTRY;

AMPHIBIAN; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; REPTILE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTS; GIS; ROADS; SAMPLES; WATER SHEDS;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; RIPARIA;

EID: 15944426785     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.007     Document Type: Article

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