Accuracy assessment of skeletochronology in the Arizona tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages 471-477

  Eden, Christopher J ^a,b   Whiteman, Howard H ^a,b   Duobinis Gray, Leon ^a   Wissinger, Scott A ^b,c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; AMPHIBIAN; CHRONOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; SKELETON;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34547486988     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[471:AAOSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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