Egg mass and size of tadpoles at hatching in the midwife toads Alytes obstetricans and Alytes cisternasii: Implications for female choice

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 824-831

  Márquez, Rafael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA;

EID: 0030454739     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447643     Document Type: Article

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