Growth and activity patterns in a backyard population of the banana slug, Ariolimax columbianus

Veliger

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Pearson, Anita K ^a   Pearson, Oliver P ^a   Ralph, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIOLIMAX COLUMBIANUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33845271903     PISSN: 00423211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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