Short term response of herpetofauna to oak regeneration treatments on the mid-Cumberland Plateau of southern Tennessee

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-247

  Cantrell, Andrew W ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Schweitzer, Callie J ^b   Greenberg, Cathryn H ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Cumberland Plateau; Oak shelterwood; Reptiles; Shelterwood; Upland hardwood forest

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; HARDWOOD FORESTS; OAK-SHELTERWOOD; REPTILES; SHELTERWOOD;

FENCES; HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS; NOBELIUM;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; DECIDUOUS TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PITFALL TRAP; REGENERATION; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

HARDWOODS; HERBICIDES; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; SHELTERWOOD; TENNESSEE; TRAPS;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874539915     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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