The role of microhabitats in the desiccation and survival of anurans in recently harvested oak-hickory forest

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-814

  Rittenhouse, Tracy A G ^a,b   Harper, Elizabeth B ^a,c   Rehard, Lelande R ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DESICCATION; FROG; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; TOAD; WATER STRESS;

ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; CARYA; LITHOBATES; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 58149398307     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-07-176     Document Type: Article

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