Behavioral, ecological, and molecular genetic analyses of reproductive strategies in the Amazonian dart-poison frog, Dendrobates ventrimaculatus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-267

  Summers, K ^a,b   Amos, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian dart poison frog; Reproductive parasitism; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATES VENTRIMACULATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

AMAZONIAN DART-POISON FROG; BIPARENTAL CARE; LARVAL CANNIBALISM; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 0030619853     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.3.260     Document Type: Article

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