Influence of land use on postmetamorphic body size of playa lake amphibians

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 515-524

  Gray, Matthew J ^a,b   Smith, Loren M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amphibians; Body size; Conservation; Southern High Plains; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HYDROPERIOD; LAND USE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MAVORTIUM; AMPHIBIA; BUFO; BUFO COGNATUS; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 23744475246     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0515:IOLUOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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