Environmental and anthropogenic factors influencing salamanders in riparian forests: A review

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2679-2702

  Clipp, Hannah L ^a   Anderson, James T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Amphibian; Coarse woody debris; Forest management; Fragmentation; Microhabitat; Riparian forest; Salamanders; Stream buffer; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; TIMBER;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITATS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; SALAMANDERS; STREAM BUFFERS; TIMBER HARVESTS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROHABITAT; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING; WOODY DEBRIS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FRAGMENTATION; HARVESTING;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84921466682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5112679     Document Type: Review

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