An experimental assessment of buffer width: Implications for salamander migratory behavior

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2227-2239

  Veysey, Jessica S ^a   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a   Cooper, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Forest management; Fragmentation; Migration; Mixed effects; Vernal pool

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; BUFFER ZONE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 68349130502     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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