Orientation of movements and habitat selection in a spatially structured population of Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Jenkins, Christopher L ^a,b   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Timm, Brad C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33845342168     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/165-05A.1     Document Type: Article

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