Effects of short-rotation controlled burning on amphibians and reptiles in pine woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-131

  Perry, Roger W ^a   Craig Rudolph, D ^a   Thill, Ronald E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Arkansas; Burning; Fire; Lizards; Snakes

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNING; AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; AMPHIBIANS; ARKANSAS; CAPTURE RATE; CONTROLLED BURNING; FIRST YEAR; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; HERPETOFAUNAL SPECIES; LIZARDS; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; PINE WOODLANDS; PRESCRIBED BURN; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING PERIOD; SHORT ROTATION; SNAKES; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

COMBUSTION; FIRES; SOFTWOODS;

FORESTRY;

CAPTURE METHOD; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; HERPETOFAUNA; LIZARD; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SNAKE; TOAD; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; COMBUSTION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS; SAMPLING;

ARKANSAS; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFO AMERICANUS CHARLESMITHI; COLUBER CONSTRICTOR PRIAPUS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84857669538     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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