Faster Growth of Head Size of Pre-feeding Larvae in a Cannibalistic Population of the Salamander Hynobius retardatus

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-307

  Nishihara Takahashi, Aya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS;

EID: 0033112605     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.303     Document Type: Article

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