Climatic effects and impacts of lakeshore bank designs on the activity of Chirixalus idiootocus in Yilan, Taiwan

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-59

  Hou, Wen Shang ^a   Chang, Yuan Hsiou ^a   Wang, Hsiao Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank substrate; Chirixalus idiootocus; Ecological engineering; Lakeshores

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LAKES;

BANK SUBSTRATE; CHIRIXALUS IDIOOTOCUS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; LAKESHORES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LAKES; WATER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DESIGN; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FROG; SHORE (NONMARINE);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEILONGJIANG; YILAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; HYLIDAE; KURIXALUS EIFFINGERI; KURIXALUS IDIOOTOCUS; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 37349130274     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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