Modeling Habitat Connectivity to Inform Reintroductions: A Case Study with the Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 63-69

  Jarchow, Christopher J ^a   Hossack, Blake R ^a   Sigafus, Brent H ^a   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^a   Muths, Erin ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84959899699     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/14-172     Document Type: Article

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