Larval growth plasticity in wild populations of the betic midwife toad, Alytes dickhilleni (Anura.: Discoglossidae)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Martínez Solano, Iñigo ^a   París, Mercedes ^a   Izquierdo, Esther ^a   García París, Mario ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Development; Reproduction; Spain; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ALYTES DICKHILLENI; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242654864     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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