Effects of different burn regimes on tallgrass prairie herpetofaunal species diversity and community composition in the Flint Hills, Kansas

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-84

  Wilgers, D J ^a   Horne, E A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; EUMECES OBSOLETUS; PHRYNOSOMA CORNUTUM; SCINCELLA LATERALIS;

EID: 33645761340     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/162-05A.1     Document Type: Article

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