Abundance of plethodontid salamanders in relation to coarse woody debris in a low elevation mixed forest of the western Cascades

Northwest Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 156-163

  Alkaslassy, Edmond ^a  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; MIXED FOREST;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 29644442954     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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