Testing wetland features to increase amphibian reproductive success and species richness for mitigation and restoration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1675-1688

  Shulse, Christopher D ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b   Trauth, Kathleen M ^c   Gardner, James E ^d  

^a Missouri Department of Transportation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d Missouri Department of Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian colonization; Compensatory mitigation; Gambusia affinis; Habitat restoration; Mosquito fish; Wetland design

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONIZATION; CYPRINID; HABITAT RESTORATION; JUVENILE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MITIGATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TESTING METHOD; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; METAMORPHA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA;

EID: 84864147480     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0212.1     Document Type: Article

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