Correlates of intrapopulational variation in size at metamorphosis of the high-Andean frog Hyla labialis

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-303

  Amézquita, Adolfo ^a   Lüddecke, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anurans; Climate; Hyla labialis; Life history; Maturation phenotype; Metamorphic size; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FROG; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; METAMORPHOSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

HYLA LABIALIS;

EID: 0344980436     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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