Determinants of biparental care in the spotted poison frog, Dendrobates vanzolinii (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 565-575

  Caldwell, Janalee P ^a   De Oliveira, Verônica R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; FROG; PARENTAL CARE;

DENDROBATES VANZOLINII;

EID: 0033517054     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447590     Document Type: Article

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