Title: Clear-cutting affects habitat connectivity for a forest amphibian by decreasing permeability to juvenile movements.
Authors: Popescu, Viorel D.; Hunter, Malcolm L.
Abstract: The article presents a study which investigates the impact of timber-harvesting practices on the juvenile wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) movements. The study made use of a chronosequence of stands to assess the effect of stand age to habitat permeability to movements. The result of the study shows that habitat permeability between the 20-year-old regeneration and the mature forest had no significant differences.
Subjects: ANIMAL mechanics; WOOD frog; HABITATS; LOGGING; SILVICULTURAL systems
Publication: Ecological Applications, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 4, p1283
ISSN: 1051-0761
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1890/10-0658.1

Clear-cutting affects habitat connectivity for a forest amphibian by decreasing permeability to juvenile movements.

Popescu, Viorel D.; Hunter, Malcolm L.