Effects of weather on survival in populations of boreal toads in Colorado

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 508-517

  Scherer, Rick D ^a   Muths, Erin ^b   Lambert, Brad A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS BOREAS;

EID: 51949104227     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-257.1     Document Type: Article

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