Stream microhabitat use by larval southern two-lined salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) in the Georgia Piedmont

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-543

  Smith, Stacy ^a,b   Grossman, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

GEORGIA PIEDMONT; UNITED STATES;

CAUDATA; EURYCEA BISLINEATA; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA;

EID: 0141681862     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-02-195R1     Document Type: Article

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