Influence of cover and moisture on abundances of the terrestrial salamanders plethodon cinereus and plethodon glutinosus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-497

  Grover, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Feather River College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON GLUTINOSUS;

EID: 0032428005     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565202     Document Type: Article

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