Dispersal versus site tenacity of adult and juvenile red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

Herpetologica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Ousterhout, Brittany H ^a   Liebgold, Eric B ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Homing; Life stages; Markrecapture; Plethodon cinereus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77956025029     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/09-023.1     Document Type: Article

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