Effects of collection on weight, length, and sex ratio of red-spotted newts, Notophthalmus viridscens

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 703-707

  Attum, Omar ^a   Eason, Perri ^b   Cobbs, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036951360     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0703:EOCOWL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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