Patterns of beaver colonization and wetland change in Acadia National Park

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-596

  Cunningham, Jesse M ^a   Calhoun, Aram J K ^a   Glanz, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 33846895625     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[583:POBCAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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