Reproductive ecology of a population of the California tiger salamander

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 895-901

  Loredo, Ivette ^a,b   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0030464733     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447651     Document Type: Article

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