Context-dependent movement behavior of woodland salamanders (Plethodon) in two habitat types

Zoology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 325-330

  Connette, Grant M ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Animal movement; Landscape resistance; Population dynamics; Translocation study

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PLETHODON; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TELEMETRY; TRANSLOCATION STUDY; TREE; URODELA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL MOVEMENT; LANDSCAPE RESISTANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSLOCATION STUDY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY; TREES; URODELA;

EID: 84887822249     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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