Do silvicultural practices to restore oaks affect salamanders in the short term?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 186-194

  Raybuck, Amy L ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^a   Fritts, Sarah R ^a   Greenberg, Cathryn H ^b   Deperno, Christopher S ^a   Simon, Dean M ^c   Warburton, Gordon S ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^d North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

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EID: 84944903223     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00076     Document Type: Article

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