Reproduction in the desert massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii, in Arizona and Colorado

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-535

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Holycross, Andrew T ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SISTRURUS CATENATUS;

EID: 0033389270     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672356     Document Type: Note

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