Lightening the load: Micturition enhances jumping performance of squirrel treefrogs

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 410-413

  Buchanan, Bryant W ^a,b   Taylor, Ryan C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYLA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030430879     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565181     Document Type: Article

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