The biology of crawfish frogs (Lithobates areolatus) prevents the full use of telemetry and drift fence techniques

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-45

  Heemeyer, Jennifer L ^a   Kinney, Vanessa C ^a   Engbrecht, Nathan J ^a   Lannoo, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA AREOLATA;

EID: 77953824507     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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