Intra- and interspecific characterizations of burrow use and defense by juvenile ambystomatid salamanders

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 422-429

  Smyers, Scott D ^a   Rubbo, Michael J ^a   Townsend Jr , Victor R ^a   Swart, Charles C ^a  

^a Oxbow Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Burrow defense; Competition, Salamander; Terrestrial amphibians

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BURROW; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036883513     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0422:IAICOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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