Life history of the hellbender, cryptobranchus alleganiensis, in a West Virginia stream

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-142

  Humphries, W Jeffrey ^a   Pauley, Thomas K ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS;

EID: 22744438126     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0135:LHOTHC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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