Short-term response of reptiles and amphibians to prescribed fire and mechanical fuel reduction in a southern Appalachian upland hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2883-2893

  Greenberg, Cathryn H ^a   Waldrop, Thomas A ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Appalachians; Burn; Fire surrogate; Fuel reduction; Prescribed fire; Reptiles; Southern

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

AMPHIBIANS; APPALACHIANS; FIRE SURROGATE; FUEL REDUCTION; REPTILES;

HARDWOODS;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF LITTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURROGATE METHOD; TRAPPING; UNDERSTORY; UPLAND REGION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

APPALACHIANS; GREEN RIVER GAME LANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 41949109744     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.064     Document Type: Article

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