A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains

Great Plains Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-58

  Mushet, David M ^a,b   Euliss, Ned H ^a   Stockwell, Craig A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Amphibian conservation; Conceptual models; Ecological attributes; Ecological effects; Ecosystem drivers; Ecosystem stressors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

GREAT PLAINS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84871822618     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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