Home range and movements of boreal toads in undisturbed habitat

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Muths, Erin ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037467093     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0160:HRAMOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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