Spatiotemporal responses of reptiles and amphibians to timber harvest treatments

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 525-539

  Goldstein, Michael I ^a,b   Wilkins, R Neal ^a   Lacher Jr , Thomas E ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Conservation International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma opacum; Amphibians; Anolis carolinensis; Bufo Rana spp.; Eumeces spp.; Pitfall captures; Refugia; Reptiles; Riparian management zone; Scincella lateralis; Spatio temporal variability; Timber harvest treatments

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT USE; HERPETOFAUNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

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

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ANURA; BUFO; EUMECES; RANA (GENUS); RANA (SUBGENUS); REPTILIA; SCINCELLA LATERALIS;

EID: 23744492960     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0525:SRORAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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