Live fast, die young? A six-year field study of longevity and survivorship in Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-507

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a   MacDonald, Michael C ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIS; ACRIS CREPITANS BLANCHARDI; ANURA;

EID: 84858121889     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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