Sexual isolation and courtship behavior in salamanders of the Eurycea bislineata species complex, with comments on the evolution of the mental gland and pheromone delivery behavior in the plethodontidae

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 281-292

  Kozak, Kenneth H ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; EURYCEA BISLINEATA; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 24344489907     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0281:SIACBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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