Herpetofaunal species richness of southeastern national parks

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-569

  Tuberville, Tracey D ^a   Willson, John D ^a   Dorcas, Michael E ^b   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33644585762     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0537:HSROSN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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