The effects of urbanization on North American amphibian species: Identifying new directions for urban conservation

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-147

  Scheffers, Brett R ^a,b   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^b  

^a University of Alberta ^*  (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat; Life history; Management; Movement; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; EURYCEA; PLETHODON;

EID: 84857648472     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0199-y     Document Type: Review

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