Movement patterns and relative abundance of coastal tailed frogs in clearcuts and mature forest stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1131-1138

  Matsuda, Brent M ^a,b   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY;

AGE-SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL TAILED FROGS; DRIFT-FENCE ARRAYS; PITFALL TRAPS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

CLEARCUTTING; FROG; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI;

EID: 23944520963     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-042     Document Type: Article

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