Salamander abundance along road edges and within abandoned logging roads in Appalachian Forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-167

  Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Ryan, Travis J ^b   Hamed, Kevin ^c   Chatfield, Matt ^d   Drehman, Bethany ^e   Pekarek, Nicole ^f   Spath, Mike ^g   Watland, Angie ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Highlands Community College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College ^*  (United States)

^f Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College   (United States)

^g Highlands Biological Station   (United States)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Edge effects; Land use; Logging; Plethodon; Road effect zone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLICY MAKING; PROTECTED AREA; REPTILE; ROAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSPORTATION; TREES; URODELA;

NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODON; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846968418     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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