Altitudinal variation in growth and development rates of tadpoles of Litoria chloris and Litoria pearsoniana in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Morrison, Clare ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CHLORIS; LITORIA CHLORIS; LITORIA PEARSONIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037359066     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0059:AVIGAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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