Effects of larval density dependence on population dynamics of Ambystoma opacum

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-145

  Taylor, Barbara E ^a   Scott, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Arabystoma opacum; Complex life cycle; Density dependence; Model; Population dynamics; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA OPACUM;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LARVAL STAGE; MARBLED SALAMANDER; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030619711     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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