Microhabitat use and movements of the wandering salamander, Aneides vagrans, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 699-703

  Davis, Theodore M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CAMOSUN COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANEIDES; ANEIDES VAGRANS; VAGRANS;

EID: 0036945742     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0699:MUAMOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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