Evaluating methods for sampling stream Salamanders across multiple observers and habitat types

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-226

  Marsh, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Desmognathus; Eurycea; Gyrinophilus; Lotic; Monitoring; Population index; Survey; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349090109     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408X386178     Document Type: Article

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