The effects of all-terrain vehicle use on the herpetofauna of an East Texas floodplain

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Hunkapiller, Timothy R ^a,b,c   Ford, Neil B ^a,b,c   Herriman, Kevin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM STEBBENSI VIRUS; AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 69049083460     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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