Comparative influence of isolation, landscape, and wetland characteristics on egg-mass abundance of two pool-breeding amphibian species

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-672

  Veysey, Jessica S ^a   Mattfeldt, Sandra D ^a,b   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Forest; Hydroperiod; Isolation; Lithobates sylvaticus; Road density; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865572009     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9590-6     Document Type: Article

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