Characterization of natural and artificial alligator holes

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-594

  Campbell, Mark R ^a   Mazzotti, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CERVIDAE;

EID: 24344478835     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0583:CONAAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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