Watersnake eden: Use of stormwater retention ponds by mangrove salt marsh snakes (nerodia clarkii compressicauda) in urban florida

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Ackley, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Meylan, Peter A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial wetlands; Biomass; Habitat disturbance; Herbicide; Mark recapture; Reconciliation ecology; Reptiles; Vegetation loss

Indexed keywords

NERODIA CLARKII COMPRESSICAUDA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77952566798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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