Temporal variation in adult sex ratio in a population of the terrestrial salamander Speleomantes strinatii

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-68

  Salvidio, Sebastiano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Gruppo Speleologico Ligure Arturo Issel   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capture probabilities; Cave habitat; Plethodontidae; Population dynamics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

HYDROMANTES STRINATII; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 50249166715     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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