Impacts of a gape limited Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, on larval Northwestern salamander, Ambystoma gracile, growth: A field enclosure experiment

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Currens, Christopher R ^a   Liss, William J ^a   Hoffman, Robert L ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA GRACILE; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34250850797     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[321:IOAGLB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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