Scaling of jumping performance in anuran amphibians

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-227

  Choi, In Ho ^a   Shim, Jae Han ^a   Lee, Youn Sun ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; BUFO MARGARITIFER; BUFO TYPHONIUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FITZINGERI;

EID: 0342700226     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565418     Document Type: Article

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