Plethodontid salamander response to silvicultural practices in Missouri Ozark forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 623-632

  Herbeck, Laura A ^a   Larsen, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; SILVICULTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033034302     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98097.x     Document Type: Article

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