Marking and tissue sampling effects on body condition and survival in the newt Triturus cristatus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-576

  Arntzen, J W ^a,b   Smithson, A ^a,c   Oldham, R S ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0032805966     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565573     Document Type: Article

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