Clutch size, egg survival and migration distance in the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) in a floodplain

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-352

  Ponsero A ^a   Joly, P ^b  

^a Reserve Naturelle Marais de Lavours   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLUTCH SIZE; FLOODPLAIN; MIGRATION; SURVIVAL;

RANA DALMATINA;

EID: 0345486988     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/142/1998/343     Document Type: Article

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