The effects of flooding upon the snake fauna of an isolated refuge

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Sexton, Owen J ^a   Drda, Wayne J ^a   Sexton, Kenneth G ^a   Bramble, Judith E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Flooding; Isolation; Refuge design; Snake community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLOODING; HABITAT CREATION; MARSH; MITIGATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI; MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CHARLES COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

SERPENTES;

EID: 36849073630     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2007)27[133:TEOFUT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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