Movement patterns and life history characteristics in a population of the cascade torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton cascadae) in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-304

  Nijhuis, Michelle J ^a   Kaplan, Robert H ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHYACOTRITON CASCADAE;

EID: 0031820146     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565317     Document Type: Article

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