The status of the black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) as a predator of heterospecific salamanders in Appalachian streams

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 613-616

  Camp, Carlos D ^a  

^a PIEDMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGNATHUS QUADRAMACULATUS;

EID: 0031452857     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565625     Document Type: Article

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