Response of timber rattlesnakes to commercial logging operations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Reinert, Howard K ^a   Munroe, William F ^b   Brennan, Curt E ^b   Rach, Matthew N ^b   Pelesky, Samuel ^c   Bushar, Lauretta M ^d  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Letterkenny Army Depot ^*  (United States)

^c Environmental Management Division   (United States)

^d ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; conservation; Crotalus horridus; ecology; forest management; habitat; logging; Pennsylvania; snake; timber rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENCOUNTER RATE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAKE;

UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 79951870984     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.35     Document Type: Article

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