Mark-recapture estimates of survival in populations of the asp viper, Vipera aspis aspis

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-564

  Flatt, Thomas ^a   Dummermuth, Stefan ^b   Anholt, Bradley R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Universität Zürich ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIPERA ASPIS;

EID: 0031455462     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565609     Document Type: Article

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