Changes in a northwestern Florida gulf coast herpetofaunal community over a 28-y period

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-48

  Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^a   Barichivich, William J ^a   Johnson, Steve A ^a,b   Staiger, Jennifer S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERPETOFAUNA; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; REPTILE; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT MARKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34547742549     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[29:CIANFG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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