Riparian disturbance restricts in-stream movement of salamanders

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2354-2364

  Cecala, Kristen K ^a,c   Lowe, Winsor H ^b   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Connectivity; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Phototaxis

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 85027957234     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12439     Document Type: Article

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