Effects of nonnative fish and habitat characteristics on lentic herpetofauna in Yosemite National Park, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-279

  Knapp, Roland A ^a  

^a Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Herpetofauna; Introduced species; Mountain lakes; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HERPETOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CANORUS; HYLA; PISCES; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA MUSCOSA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALMONIDAE; SERPENTES; TARICHA; TARICHA TOROSA SIERRAE; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS ELEGANS;

EID: 4344612142     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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