Buffer zone applications in snake ecology: A case study using cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 399-402

  Roth, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SNAKE;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS LEUCOSTOMA; LEUCOSTOMA; RIPARIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18644380087     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-04-243R1     Document Type: Article

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