Effects of intruder number and sex on territorial behavior of female red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus: Plethodontidae)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-648

  Kohn, Nancy R ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a,b   Franchebois, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 30344450366     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/173-04N.1     Document Type: Article

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