Thermal characteristics of amphibian microhabitats in a fire-disturbed landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1414-1421

  Hossack, Blake R ^a,b   Eby, Lisa A ^c   Guscio, C Gregory ^b   Corn, Paul Stephen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Biophysical ecology; Bufo boreas; Conservation; Fire; Forest management; Microclimate; Physiology; Telemetry; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOPHYSICAL ECOLOGY; BUFO BOREAS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROCLIMATE; TELEMETRY; THERMAL ECOLOGY;

FIRES; FORESTRY; MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

ECOLOGY;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS;

EID: 68949163048     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.043     Document Type: Article

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