Vocal behavior of males and females in the Majorcan midwife toad

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-257

  Bush, Sarah L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES MULETENSIS; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA;

EID: 0030968792     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565393     Document Type: Article

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