Defense of territories by male-female pairs in the red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-177

  Lang, Cynthia ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; TERRITORIALITY;

PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 0033956088     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0169:DOTBMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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