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Spatial Ecology, Movements, and Habitat Selection of Clemmys guttata in a Temporally Dynamic Wetland System in North Carolina, USA. 美国北卡罗莱纳州时间动态湿地系统中古苔草的空间生态、活动与生境选择

IF 0.6 4区生物学

Herpetological Conservation and Biology Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-04-30

John H Roe

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Among-population variation in monthly and annual survival of the Baja California Tree Frog, Pseudacris hypochondriaca curta, in desert oases of Baja California Sur, Mexico 墨西哥下加利福尼亚南部沙漠绿洲中下加利福尼亚树蛙月活和年活的种群变异

IF 0.6 4区生物学

Herpetological Conservation and Biology Pub Date : 2015-06-14 DOI: 10.5167/UZH-111197

V. Luja, R. Rodríguez-Estrella, M. Schaub, B. R. Schmidt

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