Wetland restoration for amphibians: Should local sites be designed to support metapopulations or patchy populations?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 404-411

  Petranka, James W ^a   Holbrook, Carter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Amphibians; Bufo americanus; Habitat restoration; Metapopulations; Oviposition sites; Predator avoidance; Rana sylvatica

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33747370440     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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