Effects of pH on the wintering of the common frog (Rana temporaria L.)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Pasanen, Seppo ^a   Laitinen, Markku ^b   Alhonen, Tarja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; PH; WATER QUALITY; WINTERING;

RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0031839667     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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