Habitat correlates of reproductive effort in wood frogs and spotted salamanders in an urbanizing watershed

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-450

  Skidds, Dennis E ^a   Golet, Francis C ^a   Paton, Peter W C ^a   Mitchell, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 35148870718     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[439:HCOREI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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