Long distance migrations, landscape use, and vulnerability to prescribed fire of the Gopher Frog (Lithobates capito)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-670

  Jeffrey Humphries, W ^a   Sisson, Michael A ^a  

^a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CAPITO; LITHOBATES; PINUS PALUSTRIS; RANA CAPITO;

EID: 84871457667     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-124     Document Type: Article

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