Designing wetlands for amphibians: The importance of predatory fish and shallow littoral zones in structuring of amphibian communities

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-455

  Porej, Deni ^a   Hetherington, Thomas E ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; American bullfrog; Amphibian community; Colonization; Green frog; Habitat restoration; Leopard frog; Ohio; Predation; Small mouthed salamander; Wetland mitigation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

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

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMA TEXANUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; FELIDAE; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 26244465655     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-004-0522-y     Document Type: Article

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