Spot symmetry predicts body condition in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-205

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Fluctuating asymmetry; Spots; Spotted salamanders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547530510     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407781268282     Document Type: Article

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