Ephemeral habitats and variation in behavior and life history: Comparisons of sibling salamander species

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-349

  Maurer, Eric F ^a   Sih, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; SALAMANDER;

AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMBYSTOMA TEXANUM;

EID: 0030304323     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546206     Document Type: Review

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