Emigration behavior of spotted salamanders on golf courses in southern Rhode Island

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Montieth, Katherine E ^a,b   Paton, Peter W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Catena Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846376164     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/130-04A.1     Document Type: Article

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