A review of vertebrate community composition in seasonal forest pools of the northeastern United States

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-246

  Paton, Peter W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Birds; Community composition; Forest; Mammals; New England; Occurrence; Reptiles; Seasonal pools

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPHEMERAL POOL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANATIDAE; ANURA; AVES; CAUDATA; CHIROPTERA; CONDYLURA CRISTATA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; RALLIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SOREX PALUSTRIS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21644481890     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-004-7518-5     Document Type: Review

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