Salamarker: A code generator and standardized marking system for use with visible implant elastomers

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-265

  MacNeil, Jami E ^a   Dharmarajan, Guha ^a   Williams, Rod N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Computer program; Mark; Mark recapture; Reptiles; Salamander; Vie

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 80052409312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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