Long-term partial cutting impacts on Desmognathus salamander abundance in West Virginia headwater streams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-307

  Moseley, Kurtis R ^a   Mark Ford, W ^b   Edwards, John W ^a   Schuler, Thomas M ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Central appalachians; Desmognathus; Forest management; Headwater streams; Partial cutting; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CENTRAL APPALACHIANS; HEADWATER STREAMS;

WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HABITAT QUALITY; HEADWATER; SILVICULTURE; STREAM;

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTATION; WATER;

APPALACHIANS; FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; DESMOGNATHUS MONTICOLA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 37549032515     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.073     Document Type: Article

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