Three decades of urbanization: Estimating the impact of land-cover change on stream salamander populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 436-441

  Price, Steven J ^a   Dorcas, Michael E ^a   Gallant, Alisa L ^b   Klaver, Robert W ^b   Willson, John D ^c  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmognathus fuscus; Eurycea cirrigera; Land cover change; North Carolina; Northern dusky salamander; Southern two lined salamander; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LAND COVER; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; STREAM; URBANIZATION;

DAVIDSON COUNTY [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS FUSCUS; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33751350652     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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