The effects of kinship and density on growth and metamorphosis of the bronze frog (Rana temporalis) tadpoles

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Girish, S ^a   Saidapur, S K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Intraspecfic competition; Metamorphosis; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002306106     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012233     Document Type: Article

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