Behavioral response of migrating wood frogs to experimental timber harvest surrounding wetlands

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 618-625

  Rittenhouse, Tracy A G ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FROG; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CARYA; LITHOBATES; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 68949118398     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-049     Document Type: Article

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