Multiple mating by females is not dependent on body size in the salamander Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-38

  Shillington, Cara ^a   Verrell, Paul ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS OCHROPHAEUS; PLETHODONTIDAE;

FEMALE BEHAVIOUR; MULTIPLE MATING;

EID: 0030465188     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896X00261     Document Type: Article

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