Protecting vernal pools: A model from Massachusetts, USA

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-375

  Burne, Matthew R ^a,b   Griffin, Curtice R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian breeding habitat; Massachusetts; Regulation; Regulatory protection; Vernal pool

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL POOL;

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

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 21644457891     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-004-7528-3     Document Type: Article

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