Postbreeding habitat use of wood frogs in a Missouri oak-hickory forest

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 645-653

  Rittenhouse, Tracy A G ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CARYA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 37349074087     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-015.1     Document Type: Article

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