Response of reptiles and amphibians to repeated fuel reduction treatments

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1301-1310

  Matthews, Charlotte E ^a,c   Moorman, Christopher E ^a   Greenberg, Cathryn H ^b   Waldrop, Thomas A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibians; fire surrogates; forest management; fuel reduction; herpetofauna; prescribed fire; reptiles; salamanders; southern Appalachian Mountains

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HERPETOFAUNA; LIZARD; PITFALL TRAP; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

APPALACHIANS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77955083857     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-513     Document Type: Article

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