Population patterns of copperbelly water snakes (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) in a riparian corridor impacted by mining and reclamation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 357-369

  Lacki, Michael J ^a   Hummer, Joseph W ^b   Fitzgerald, Joyce L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KY Dept of Fish and Wildl Rsrc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT RESTORATION; MINING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SNAKE;

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

NERODIA; NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER NEGLECTA; RIPARIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 17644396691     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0357:PPOCWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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