Declines in ravine-inhabiting Dusky Salamanders of the Southeastern US Coastal Plain

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-96

  Means, D Bruce ^a,b   Travis, Joseph ^b  

^a Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOGNATHINAE; DESMOGNATHUS; DESMOGNATHUS AURICULATUS; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS CONANTI; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; PLETHODONTIDAE; PSEUDOTRITON; PSEUDOTRITON RUBER; SALAMANDROIDEA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247621802     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[83:DIRDSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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