Effects of experimental delivery of male courtship pheromones on the timing of courtship in a terrestrial salamander, Plethodon jordani (Caudata: Plethodontidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 214-219

  Houck, Lynne D ^a,d   Bell, Alison M ^a   Reagan Wallin, Nancy L ^b   Feldhoff, Richard G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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PLETHODON JORDANI;

EID: 0032477695     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447722     Document Type: Article

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