Life History as a Predictor of Salamander Recovery Rate from Timber Harvest in Southern Appalachian Forests, U.S.A

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1399-1409

  Connette, Grant M ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anfibio; Hierarchical model; Logging; Modelo jer rquico; Tala

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STAND STRUCTURE;

APPALACHIANS;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODON SHERMANI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANFIBIO; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; LOGGING; MODELO JERÁRQUICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TALA; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

AMPHIBIAN; ANFIBIO; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; LOGGING; MODELO JERÁRQUICO; TALA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URODELA;

EID: 84897038233     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12113     Document Type: Article

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