Spatial structure and regulation of a population of the brown frog Rana macrocnemis in Georgia

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 169-177

  Tarkhnishvili, David N ^a,b   Gokhelashvili, Ramaz ^a  

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frog populations; Rana macrocnemis; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

RANA MACROCNEMIS;

EID: 0033386356     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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