Influence of agricultural upland habitat type on larval anuran assemblages in seasonally inundated wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 294-301

  Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a   Baber, Matthew J ^b,c   Childers, Daniel L ^b   Hocking, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EcoQuest Education Foundation   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amphibians; Cattle ranching; Landscape ecology; Prairie; Tadpole assemblages

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROPERIOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BOS;

EID: 77749292981     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-228.1     Document Type: Article

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