Salamander occupancy in headwater stream networks

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1370-1378

  Grant, Evan H Campbell ^a,b   Green, Linda E ^c,e   Lowe, Winsor H ^d  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic ecological network; Headwater stream; Occupancy; Protected areas; Stream salamander

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 65549102905     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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