Seasonal movement patterns of pickerel frogs (Rana palustris) in an Ozark cave and trophic implications supported by stable isotope evidence

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-389

  Fenolio, Danté B ^a,d   Graening, G O ^b   Stout, Jim F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Oklahoma City Zoo   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 24144445151     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2005)050[0385:SMPOPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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