Lack of significant changes in the herpetofauna of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, since the 1920s

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 423-432

  Hossack, Blake R ^a   Corn, Paul Stephen ^a   Pilliod, David S ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HERPETOFAUNA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; BUFO COGNATUS; BUFO WOODHOUSII; FELIDAE; PSEUDACRIS MACULATA; RANA PIPIENS; REPTILIA; SPEA BOMBIFRONS;

EID: 26944431589     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0423:LOSCIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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