The enigmatic decline of Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi): A test of the habitat acidification hypothesis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a   Skinner, Allen A ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PRECIPITATION; FROG; HABITAT; POPULATION DECLINE;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACRIS; ACRIS CREPITANS BLANCHARDI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 33744796530     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[159:TEDOBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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