Sampling biases in demographic analyses of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta)

Herpetologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 460-469

  Prior, K A ^a   Blouin Demers, G ^a   Weatherhead, P J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Elaphe obsoleta; Population sampling; Sampling bias; Size structure; Snake populations

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING BIAS; SIZE STRUCTURE; SNAKE;

ELAPHE OBSOLETA;

EID: 0035663126     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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