Measuring species diversity to determine land-use effects on reptile and amphibian assemblages

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Hutchens, Stan ^a   DePerno, Christopher ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Conservation; Forest management; Nestedness; Relative abundance; Reptiles; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERPETOFAUNA; LAND USE CHANGE; NESTEDNESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAMP;

BULL NECK SWAMP; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS THYOIDES; PINUS SEROTINA; REPTILIA;

EID: 60449104060     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809787392739     Document Type: Article

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