Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Amphibians : Field Experiments '
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*Department of Zoology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2914 ^School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511 ^Department of Biological Sciences, 5751 Murray Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469 ^Department of Biology, Carroll College, Helena, Montana 59625 ^Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidad de Salamanca, 37071, Salamanca, Spain
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