Headstarting as a management tool: A case study of the plains gartersnake

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-292

  King, Richard B ^a   Stanford, Kristin M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gartersnake; Growth rate; Headstarting; Natricine Snakes; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

SERPENTES;

EID: 33751238537     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[282:HAAMTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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