Mosquito control by pond-breeding salamander larvae

Herpetological Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-119

  Brodman, Robert ^a   Ogger, Jill ^a   Kolaczyk, Megan ^a   Pulver, Rachel A ^a   Long, Amanda J ^a   Bogard, Tracey ^a  

^a Saint Josephs College   (United States)

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AMPHIUMA MEANS;

EID: 0037827009     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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