Breeding site selection of Bufo viridis in the city of Rome (Italy)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-400

  Ensabella, Francesca ^a   Loriga, Silvia ^a   Formichetti, Paolo ^a   Isotti, Roberto ^a   Sorace, Alberto ^b  

^a Istituto Superiore di Sanita ^*  (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; SITE SELECTION;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA; BUFO; BUFO VIRIDIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0345392608     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322440853     Document Type: Article

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