Modeling the effect of toe clipping on treefrog survival: Beyond the return rate

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 467-473

  Waddle, J Hardin ^a,d   Rice, Kenneth G ^a   Mazzotti, Frank J ^b   Percival, H Franklin ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA CINEREA; HYLA SQUIRELLA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 51949095088     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-265.1     Document Type: Article

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