Courtship behavior in a polymorphic population of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 348-351

  Whiteman, Howard H ^a,b,c   Gutrich, John J ^a,b,d   Moorman, Randall S ^a,b,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0032727409     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565741     Document Type: Article

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