A telemetric study of the movement patterns and habitat use of Rana muscosa, the mountain yellow-legged frog, in a high-elevation basin in Kings Canyon National Park, California

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 615-624

  Matthews, Kathleen R ^a   Pope, Karen L ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA MUSCOSA;

EID: 0032763080     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565578     Document Type: Article

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