Predicting variation in microhabitat utilization of terrestrial salamanders

Herpetologica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-265

  O'Donnell, Katherine M ^a   Thompson, Frank R ^b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Detectability; Interannual variation; Leaf litter; Plethodon serratus; Southern Red backed Salamander

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906848653     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00036     Document Type: Article

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