Comparing population size estimators for plethodontid salamanders

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-380

  Bailey, Larissa L ^a,b   Simons, Theodore R ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; POLLACHIUS VIRENS;

EID: 7044251955     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/194-03A     Document Type: Article

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