Geographic uniformity in agonistic behaviors of Jordon's Salamander

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-115

  Selby, Michelle F ^a   Winkel, Scott C ^a   Petranka, James W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Geographic variation; Plethodon jordani; Size specific aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342993154     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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