Thermal dependency of field locomotor and vocal performance of high-elevation anurans in the tropical andes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 478-487

  Navas, Carlos A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ATELOPUS VARIUS; COLOSTETHUS SUBPUNCTATUS; COLOSTETHUS TALAMANCAE; DIASTEMA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS BOGOTENSIS; HYLA LABIALIS; HYLA MICROCEPHALA; MICROCEPHALA;

EID: 0030438443     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565690     Document Type: Article

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