Breeding site fidelity in the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus formosus

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Kusano, Tamotsu ^a   Maruyama, Kazuko ^b   Kanenko, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bufo japonicus formosus; Mating success; Movement between ponds; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BUFO JAPONICUS;

EID: 0033036319     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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