Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide: Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA

Alytes

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 85-94

  Corn, Paul Stephen ^a   Hossack, Blake R ^a   Muths, Erin ^b   Patla, Debra A ^c   Peterson, Charles R ^c   Gallant, Alisa L ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^d EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS;

EID: 20444416414     PISSN: 07534973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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