Experimental canopy removal enhances diversity of vernal pond amphibians

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-345

  Skelly, David K ^a   Bolden, Susan R ^a   Freidenburg, L Kealoha ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer; Canopy; Conservation; Experiment; Forest; Frog; Salamander; Scale transition; Upland habitat; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EPHEMERAL POOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST CANOPY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; OVERSTORY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TREE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; LIGHT; PONDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84899500232     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1042.1     Document Type: Article

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