Habitat selection and movement of pond-breeding amphibians in experimentally fragmented pine forests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 473-482

  Graeter, Gabrielle J ^a,b   Rothermel, Betsie B ^a,c   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma opacum; Bufo terrestris; Forest management; Marbled salamander; Movement behavior; Permeability; Powder tracking; Rana sphenocephala; Southern leopard frog; Southern toad

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; POND;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO TERRESTRIS; FELIDAE; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 39449104460     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-330     Document Type: Article

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