Turning bias in tadpoles

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-548

  Wassersug, Richard J ^a   Naitoh, Tomio ^b   Yamashita, Masamichi ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; PIPIDAE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032787143     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565570     Document Type: Article

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