Locomotor performance and aerobic capacity of the cave coqui, Eleutherodactylus cooki

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-48

  Rogowitz, Gordon L ^a   Sánchez Rivoleda, Janirka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FROG; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0345369730     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447383     Document Type: Article

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