Maternal brood care of an arboreal breeder, chirixalus eiffingeri (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Taiwan

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-151

  Kam, Yeong Choy ^a   Chen, Yi Huey ^a   Chen, Te Chih ^a   Tsai, I Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0038423130     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900501917     Document Type: Article

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