Space use in response to conspecifics by the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus, Plethodontidae, Caudata)

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 993-1002

  Quinn, Vanessa S ^a,b   Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIAN; CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 0032698319     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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