Urban and wildland herpetofauna communities and riparian microhabitats along the Salt River, Arizona

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-488

  Banville, Melanie J ^a   Bateman, Heather L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpetofauna; Microhabitat; Rehabilitation; Riparian; Urban; Wildland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; POPULUS; PROSOPIS; REPTILIA; SALIX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84861461397     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0228-5     Document Type: Article

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