Territorial conflicts over prey: Domination by large male salamanders

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 725-729

  Townsend Jr , Victor R ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA;

EID: 3543037555     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447804     Document Type: Article

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