Terrestrial performance of juvenile frogs in two habitat types after chronic larval exposure to a contaminant

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-194

  James, Stacy M ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Prairie Rivers Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FELIDAE; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 79959229068     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/10-032.1     Document Type: Article

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