Communal oviposition and lack of parental care in Batrachoseps nigriventris (Caudata: Plethodontidae) with a discussion of the evolution of breeding behavior in plethodontid salamanders

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1997, Pages 697-705

  Jockusch, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Mahoney, Meredith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; EVIPOSITION; EVOLUTION; PARENTAL CARE; SALAMANDER;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; BATRACHOSEPS NIGRIVENTRIS; BATRACHOSEPS WRIGHT; BATRACHOSEPS WRIGHTI; CAUDATA; HEMIDACTYLIUM; NOTOTRITON; PLETHODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031435938     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447288     Document Type: Article

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