Mating and aggressive behaviour in dendrobatid frogs from Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica: A comparative study

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-24

  Summers, Kyle ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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EID: 0034373596     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900501845     Document Type: Article

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