Value of artificial habitats for amphibian reproduction in altered landscapes: Contributed paper

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Brand, Adrianne B ^a   Snodgrass, Joel W ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Artificial habitats; Ecological trap; Pond breeding amphibians; Stormwater ponds

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POND; RUNOFF; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAPPING; WETLAND; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; WETLANDS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 74549202770     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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