Vertebrate assemblages associated with headwater hydrology in western Oregon managed forests

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-355

  Olson, Deanna H ^a   Weaver, George ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cottid fishes; Spatially intermittent streams; Streambank; Tailed frogs; Torrent salamanders; Trout

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; COTTID FISHES; SPATIALLY INTERMITTENT STREAMS; STREAM BANK; TAILED FROGS; TORRENT SALAMANDERS; TROUTS;

RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FISHES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; COTTIDAE; COTTUS; PISCES; RHYACOTRITON; RHYACOTRITONIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34147189094     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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