Competitor assessment and area defense by territorial salamanders

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-76

  Simons, Richard R ^a,c   Jaeger, Robert G ^a,b   Felgenhauer, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; MAMMALIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 0030976777     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447841     Document Type: Article

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