Woodland salamanders as metrics of forest ecosystem recovery: A case study from California's redwoods

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Welsh Jr , Hartwell H ^a   Hodgson, Garth R ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Batrachoseps attenuatus; Biometrics; Body condition; Ensatina eschscholtzii; Plethodon elongatus; Redwood forest; Seral recovery; Succession; Surface counts; Woodland salamanders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900396837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00400.1     Document Type: Article

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