Evaluating the effects of urbanisation on salamander abundances using a before-after control-impact design

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-203

  Price, Steven J ^a,b   Browne, Robert A ^b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmognathus; Development; Eurycea; First order streams; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455186043     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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