Growth and population structure of red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) in permanent lakes of the Laurentian Shield, Quebec

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 866-874

  Caetano, Maria Helena ^a   Leclair Jr , Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAURENTIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0030469586     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447649     Document Type: Article

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