Estimation of core terrestrial habitat for stream-breeding salamanders and delineation of riparian buffers for protection of biodiversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-158

  Crawford, John A ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Buffers; Core habitat; Desmognathus; Eurycea; Stream salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; BUFFER ZONE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; REPTILE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; URODELA;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; DESMOGNATHUS; EURYCEA; EURYCEA WILDERAE; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33847007632     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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