Short-term response of herpetofauna to various burning regimes in the South Texas plains

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 480-487

  Ruthven III, Donald C ^a   Kazmaier, Richard T ^b   Janis, Michael W ^a  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57649188972     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/WL-17.1     Document Type: Article

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