Effects of hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, and Rita on a Southeastern Louisiana herpetofauna

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-122

  Schriever, Tiffany A ^a,b   Ramspott, Joseph ^a   Crother, Brian I ^a   Fontenot Jr , Clifford L ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Diversity; Marsh; Saltwater intrusion; Tropical storm; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HERPETOFAUNA; HURRICANE IVAN 2004; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; REPTILE; SALINE INTRUSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAMP;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77749293082     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-82.1     Document Type: Article

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