Anuran population monitoring: Comparison of the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program's calling index with mark-recapture estimates for Rana clamitans

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Nelson, Gerald L ^a   Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 7044274742     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/22-04A     Document Type: Article

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