Influence of forest age on densities of cope's and pacific giant salamanders

Northwest Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-352

  Steele, Craig A ^a,c   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a   MacCracken, James G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Longview Fibre Co   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AMPHIBIAN; FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; DICAMPTODONTIDAE; REPTILIA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036763872     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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