Different temperature relations of two species of toads that coexist at the border of their geographical distributions

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Katz, U ^a   Gil, Nira ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO REGULARIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0012259598     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853897X00143     Document Type: Article

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