Annual variation in population estimators for a southern population of Ambystoma maculatum

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-311

  Blackwell, Eric A ^a   Cline, George R ^b   Marion, Ken R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Gains; Population growth; Population size; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 4544259779     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-54     Document Type: Article

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