Montane rattlesnakes and prescribed fire

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-61

  Smith, Lawrence J ^a   Holycross, Andrew T ^a   Painter, Charles W ^b   Douglas, Michael E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS WILLARDI; CROTALUS WILLARDI OBSCURUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035034142     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672373     Document Type: Article

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