Ambient levels of ultraviolet-B radiation cause mortality in juvenile western toads, Bufo boreas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Blaustein, Andrew R ^a   Romansic, John M ^a   Scheessele, Erin A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; TOAD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BOREAS;

EID: 26944476286     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0375:ALOURC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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