Nest-site selection by southern two-lined salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera) in the Georgia Piedmont

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-88

  Guy, Carol J ^a   Ratajczak Jr , Robert E ^a   Grossman, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA;

EID: 24344464296     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0075:NSBSTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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