Dissolved oxygen, temperature, and habitat selection by bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-162

  Nie, Minghua ^a,b   Crim, Jay D ^a   Ultsch, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE;

RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0033524907     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447396     Document Type: Article

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