Shelter microhabitats determine body temperature and dehydration rates of a terrestrial amphibian (Bufo marinus)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-75

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARUNDINARIA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 0036206662     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0069:SMDBTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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