Three case studies of the effect of wildfire on the Jemez mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus): Microhabitat temperatures, size distributions, and a historical locality perspective

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Cummer, Michelle R ^a,c   Painter, Charles W ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLETHODON NEOMEXICANUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33947629665     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[26:TCSOTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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