Monitoring created seasonal pools for functional success: A six-year case study of amphibian responses, Sears Island, Maine, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 992-1003

  Vasconcelos, Daniel ^a   Calhoun, Aram J K ^b  

^a Wetlands Preservation Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Created wetlands; Rana clamitans; Rana sylvatica; Seasonal wetlands; Vegetation dynamics; Vernal pools; Wetland mitigation; Wetland monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; PITFALL TRAP; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; SEARS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; METAMORPHA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34248585251     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[992:MCSPFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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