Diel activity patterns of the sympatric poison dart frogs, Dendrobates auratus and D. pumilio, in Costa Rica

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATES PUMILIO; DENDROBATIDAE; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0032749767     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565634     Document Type: Article

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