Cattle grazing and yosemite toad (Bufo canorus Camp) breeding habitat in sierra nevada meadows

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-65

  Roche, L M ^a   Allen Diaz, B ^b   Eastburn, D J ^a   Tate, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibian conservation; endangered species; mountain meadows; public lands; water quality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; POOL; REARING; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOS; BUFO; BUFO CANORUS;

EID: 84856057035     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00092.1     Document Type: Article

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