Abundance of green tree frogs and insects in artificial canopy gaps in a bottomland hardwood forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-326

  Horn, Scott ^a   Hanula, James L ^a   Ulyshen, Michael D ^a   Kilgo, John C ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY GAP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FROG; INSECT;

ANURA; HEXAPODA; HYLA CINEREA; HYLIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 16844368159     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0321:AOGTFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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