Evaluation of a new technique for marking anurans

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Campbell, Todd S ^a   Irvin, Paul ^a   Campbell, Kym Rouse ^b   Hoffmann, Kristine ^c   Dykes, Mark E ^d   Harding, Aaron J ^a   Johnson, Steve A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Florida; Mark recapture; Marking; Toe clip; Treefrog; Vie c technique; Visible implant elastomer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349122512     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075409X420042     Document Type: Article

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