Interaction between introduced trout and larval salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum) in high-elevation lakes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-105

  Tyler, Torrey ^a   Liss, William J ^a   Ganio, Lisa M ^a   Larson, Gary L ^a   Hoffman, Robert ^a   Deimling, Elisabeth ^a   Lomnicky, Gregg ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dynamac International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED FISH; PHYSIOCOCHEMICAL FACTOR; SALAMANDER;

USA, WASHINGTON, NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK;

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; CRUSTACEA; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031955948     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96274.x     Document Type: Article

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