Amphibian communities in natural and constructed ridge top wetlands with implications for wetland construction

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 886-896

  Denton, Robert D ^a,b   Richter, Stephen C ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphibians; constructed wetlands; Kentucky; Lithobates catesbieanus; Lithobates sylvaticus; Notophthalmus viridescens; wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC PLANT; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT LOSS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST; KENTUCKY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879558166     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.543     Document Type: Article

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