Effects of River-Flow Regulation on Anuran Occupancy and Abundance in Riparian Zones

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-512

  Eskew, Evan A ^a,b   Price, Steven J ^a,c   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Broad River; Damming; Flow regime; Rivers; South Carolina; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOW REGULATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER FLOW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 84861187555     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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