Evidence of decline for Bufo boreas and Rana luteiventris in and around the northern Great Basin, western USA

Alytes

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 95-108

  Wente, Wendy H ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a   Pearl, C A ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; RANA PRETIOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 20444399182     PISSN: 07534973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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