Southern two-lined salamanders in urbanizing watersheds

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-85

  Miller, Jennifer E ^a   Hess, George R ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eurycea cirrigera; Forested buffer; Impervious surface; North Carolina; Stream ecology; Urbanization; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846001020     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-0012-5     Document Type: Article

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