Ecology and life history of the Pigeon Mountain salamander

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-16

  Jensen, John B ^a   Camp, Carlos D ^b   Marshall, Jeremy L ^c  

^a Nongame Endangered Wildlife Program   (United States)

^b PIEDMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; COLUMBA; PLETHODON PETRAEUS;

EID: 4444229994     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0003:EALHOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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