Population parameters of Plethodon metcalfi on a 10-year-old clearcut and in nearby forest in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 445-452

  Ash, Andrew N ^a   Bruce, Richard C ^b   Castanet, Jacques ^c   Francillon Vieillot, Hélène ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON METCALFI;

EID: 0038349265     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0445:PPOPMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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