Terrestrial movements and upland habitat use of Gopher Frogs in Central Florida

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-276

  Blihovde, W Boyd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CREEDIIDAE; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS PINETIS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; RANA CAPITO;

EID: 33748861062     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[265:TMAUHU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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