A comparison of aquatic drift fences with traditional funnel trapping as a quantitative method for sampling amphibians

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-150

  Willson, John D ^a,b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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AMPHIBIA;

EID: 3142681075     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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