Impact of valley fills on streamside salamanders in Southern West Virginia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Wood, Petra Bohall ^a   Williams, Jennifer M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84875998169     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-187     Document Type: Article

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