Assessment of quantitative enclosure sampling of larval amphibians

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Mullins, Melissa L ^a,b   Pierce, Benjamin A ^a   Gutzwiller, Kevin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142727134     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/67-03A     Document Type: Article

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