Consequences of forest fragmentation for juvenile survival in spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and marbled (Ambystoma opacum) salamanders

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 797-807

  Rothermel, B B ^a,b   Semlitsch, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; FORESTRY;

DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS; METAMORPHOSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENCLOSURES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIAN; JUVENILE; METAMORPHOSIS; PITFALL TRAP; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; FISHES; FORESTRY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33750215162     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-056     Document Type: Article

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