Habitat attributes associated with short-term settlement of Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) salamanders following translocation to the wild

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-192

  Bodinof, Catherine M ^a   Briggler, Jeffrey T ^b   Junge, Randall E ^c   Beringer, Jeff ^b   Wanner, Mark D ^c   Schuette, Chawna D ^c   Ettling, Jeff ^c   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c St Louis Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; Release site suitability; Resource selection; Substratum; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 82455188058     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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