Use of PVC pipe refugia as a sampling technique for hylid treefrogs

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 168-177

  Boughton, Robin G ^a   Staiger, Jennifer ^a   Franz, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; REFUGIUM; SAMPLING; TUBE; UNITED STATES;

FROG; PIPE; REFUGE; SAMPLING;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

HYLA CINEREA; HYLA FEMORALIS; HYLA GRATIOSA; HYLA SQUIRELLA;

EID: 0033853651     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0168:UOPPRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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