Odonate predator does not affect hatching time or morphology of embryos of two amphibians

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Anderson, Athena R ^a   Petranka, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANAX JUNIUS; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0037360406     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0065:OPDNAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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