Site tenacity and homing in the Rich Mountain salamander, Plethodon ouachitae (Caudata: Plethodontidae)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 401-408

  Anthony, Carl D ^a   Wicknick, Jill A ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON OUACHITAE; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 0036710747     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672497     Document Type: Review

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