The sexual strategy of the central long-toed salamander, Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum, in south-eastern Washington

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-50

  Verrell, Paul ^a   Pelton, Janet ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM COLUMBIANUM;

CENTRAL LONG-TOED SALAMANDER; INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION;

USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029662614     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05484.x     Document Type: Article

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