Colonization of high-elevation lakes by long-toed salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum) after the extinction of introduced trout populations

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1759-1767

  Funk, W Chris ^a   Dunlap, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Parametric Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; LAKE;

BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM;

EID: 0033305977     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-11-1759     Document Type: Article

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