Inter- and intraclutch competition among oophagous tadpoles of the Taiwanese tree frog, Chirixalus eiffingeri (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 438-448

  Chen, Y H ^a   Su, Y J ^a   Lin, Y S ^a   Kam, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anura; Clutch overlap; Maternal care; Phytotelmata; Priority effects; Tadpole oophagy

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE BROODING; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM; SURVIVORSHIP;

TAIWAN;

CHIRIXALUS EIFFINGERI;

EID: 0035659457     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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