Effects of prescribed fire on herpetofauna in bottomland hardwood forests

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-486

  Moseley, Kurtis R ^a   Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Schweitzer, Sara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 24344477593     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0475:EOPFOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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