Seasonality, microhabitat and cryptic variation in tropical salamander reproductive cycles

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-496

  Chan, Lauren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Aseasonal; Elevation; Guatemala; Plethodontidae; Sperm; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; MICROHABITAT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SPERM;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BOLITOGLOSSA; BOLITOGLOSSA OCCIDENTALIS; BOLITOGLOSSA ROSTRATA; CAUDATA; DENDROTRITON; PLETHODONTIDAE; PSEUDOEURYCEA; PSEUDOEURYCEA GOEBELI;

EID: 0037391209     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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