Emigration timing of juvenile pond-breeding amphibians in Western Massachusetts

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Timm, Brad C ^a   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Gamble, Lloyd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250863279     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[243:ETOJPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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