Invasive shrub alters native forest amphibian communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2597-2601

  Watling, James I ^a   Hickman, Caleb R ^b   Orrock, John L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Habitat; Invasive plant; Lithobates clamitans; Lonicera maackii; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FROG; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 80052598175     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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