Seasonal patterns of reproduction and abundance of leaf litter frogs in a Central American rainforest

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-276

  Watling, James I ^a   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Amphibians; Costa Rica; Reproductive phenology; Species composition; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FROG; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036774948     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001371     Document Type: Article

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