Long-term shifts in snake populations: A California site revisited

Biological Conservation

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-325

  Sullivan, Brian K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOTONE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE;

UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS VIRIDIS; PITUOPHIS CATENIFER; TANTILLA PLANICEPS;

EID: 0034079028     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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