Variation and trade-off in reproductive output of the Andean frog Hyla labialis

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-410

  Lüddecke, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Body size; Clutch mass; Clutch size; Egg mass; Resource limitation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; FROG; TRADE-OFF;

COLOMBIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA LABIALIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036929389     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0820-5     Document Type: Article

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