Migration patterns and diurnal use of shelter in a ranid frog of a West African savannah: A telemetric study

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-64

  Spieler, Marko ^a   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HOPLOBATRACHUS OCCIPITALIS; RANIDAE;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MIGRATION; SHELTER;

COTE D'IVOIRE, COMOE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031869420     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853898X00322     Document Type: Article

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