Diet of southern toads (Bufo terrestris) in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands subject to coarse woody debris manipulations

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-337

  Moseley, Kurtis R ^a,d   Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Hanula, James L ^b   Ford, W Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TOAD;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO TERRESTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 17644395669     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0327:DOSTBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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