The use of agar models to study amphibian thermal ecology

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 330-334

  Navas, Carlos A ^a   Araujo, Cybele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034118728     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565438     Document Type: Article

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