Adjacent land-use affects amphibian community composition and species richness in managed forests in New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1687-1697

  Jacobs, Lee ^a   Houlahan, Jeff E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN POPULATION; AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; CANADIAN FORESTS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HARDWOOD FORESTS; MANAGED FOREST; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; PRESENCE-ABSENCE; ROAD DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER TABLE HEIGHT;

LAKES; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; WETLANDS;

REFORESTATION;

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; ROAD; SAPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING; WETLAND;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; LITHOBATES;

EID: 80051764729     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-066     Document Type: Article

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