"Smoky bears" - Tardigrades of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 229-238

  Nelson, Diane R ^a   Bartels, Paul J ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 37049021165     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[229:SBOGSM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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