Using multiple metrics to assess the effects of forest succession on population status: A comparative study of two terrestrial salamanders in the US Pacific Northwest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1149-1160

  Welsh Jr , Hartwell H ^a   Pope, Karen L ^a   Wheeler, Clara A ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition index; Demographic profile; Forest management; Plethodon elongatus; Plethodon stormi; Source sink dynamics; Terrestrial salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PLETHODON ELONGATUS; PLETHODON STORMI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 41849102322     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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