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Habitat Use for Two Heliothermic Lizards in Longleaf Pine Savannas 长叶松稀树草原两种日光蜥蜴的栖息地利用

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-11-02 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0401

Jennifer M. Howze, L. Smith

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IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0309

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Clutch Size, Clutch Frequency, and Egg Characteristics of Diamond-Backed Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) in Southwestern Louisiana 路易斯安那州西南部菱形背龟(Malaclemys terrapin)的卵大小、卵频率和卵特征

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0307

Jordan Donini, W. Selman

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Documenting Wild Turkey Breeding Patterns in North Carolina with Camera Traps 用相机陷阱记录北卡罗莱纳州野生火鸡的繁殖模式

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0306

Chase Carey, Ashley Lohr, R. Kays

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Direct Observation of Muskrat Feeding on Crayfish 麝鼠捕食小龙虾的直接观察

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0308

S. Adams, Rebecca L. Rosamond

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Extralimital Occurrences of Southeastern Myotis in Alabama and Georgia 阿拉巴马州和乔治亚州东南部肌炎的发生

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0304

Mattea A. Lewis, Emily A. Ferrall, Joseph S. Johnson, K. Morris, Nicholas W. Sharp, J. Stober, Kaitlyn E. Torrey, A. Edelman

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A Species Bioprofile for the Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) 亚洲水监视器(Varanus salvator)的物种生物概况

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0302

Venetia S Briggs-Gonzalez, Paul Evans, Cassidy Klovanish, F. Mazzotti

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A Camera-trap Survey Targeting Herpetofauna at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida 一项针对佛罗里达州基韦斯特海军航空站的爬虫动物群的相机陷阱调查

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0301

N. Silvy, R. Lopez, Cristian N. Lopez, Jewel A. Uzquiano, Philip A. Frank, Wendy Wheatley-Techmer

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Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Associated with Two Species of Live Birds (Cardinalis cardinalis and Zenaida macroua) in Northeast Arkansas 阿肯色州东北部与两种活鸟(红雀和大鸟)有亲缘关系的蓟马(昆虫纲:蓟翅目)

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0303

A. Sweet, David Stanford-Beale

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Georgia Distribution and Characterization of Species within the Eurycea quadridigitata Complex 佐治亚州四足蕨复合体内物种的分布与特征

IF 0.6 4区环境科学与生态学

Southeastern Naturalist Pub Date : 2022-07-08 DOI: 10.1656/058.021.0207

S. Graham, D. Walker, C. Kelehear, J. Jensen, Khorizon Dunn, C. Guyer

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