Energy allocation patterns in Bufo marinus from two habitats in Venezuela

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-331

  Lampo, Margarita ^a   Medialdea, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Fat deposition; Gonad development; Life history traits; Tropical anurans

Indexed keywords

CANE TOAD; REPRODUCTION;

VENEZUELA;

BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 0030473432     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009500     Document Type: Article

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