Age estimation in desmognathine salamanders assessed by skeletochronology

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-171

  Castanet, Jacques ^a   Francillon Vieillot, Hélène ^a   Bruce, Richard C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Highlands Biological Station   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Desmognathinae; Desmognathus; Growth; Longevity; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CANIS; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHINAE; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS MONTICOLA; DESMOGNATHUS OCHROPHAEUS; DESMOGNATHUS QUADRAMACULATUS; MONTICOLA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE;

AGE ESTIMATION; SALAMANDER;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA, WOLF CREEK;

EID: 0030500433     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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