Responses of riparian reptile communities to damming and urbanization

Biological Conservation

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 277-284

  Hunt, Stephanie D ^a   Guzy, Jacquelyn C ^a   Price, Steven J ^b   Halstead, Brian J ^c   Eskew, Evan A ^a,d   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Damming; Reservoirs; Rivers; South Carolina; Species richness; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLOODING; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; REPTILE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA;

EID: 84870362759     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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