Reproductive ecology of Bombina variegata: Development of eggs and larvae

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-110

  Barandun, Jonas ^a   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0030919616     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565337     Document Type: Article

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