Site-level habitat models for the endemic, threatened Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi): The importance of geophysical and biotic attributes for predicting occurrence

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1475-1492

  Dillard, Lester O ^a,b   Russell, Kevin R ^a   Ford, W Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic habitat; Cheat Mountain salamander; Endangered species; Information theory; Occupancy models; Plethodon nettingi

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BRYOPHYTE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOPHYSICS; HABITAT; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS; ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CONIUM; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; PLETHODON NETTINGI; SALAMANDROIDEA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 45449116503     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9356-x     Document Type: Article

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