Marsh frogs, Rana ridibunda in Lake Akören -26 august national park (Afyon): A preliminary study of population size and a taxonomical evaluation

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-34

  Kaya, Uǧur ^a   Erişmiş, Uǧur C ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lake Ak ren; Marsh frog; Morphology; Population size; R.r.ridibunda

Indexed keywords

FROG; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; TAXONOMY;

TURKEY;

EID: 0039741603     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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