Differential parental care behaviors of arboreal and terrestrial microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Bickford, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Frogs; Microhabitat; Papua New Guinea; Parental care; Selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FROG; PARENTAL CARE; SELECTION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLOPHORBUS; MICROHYLIDAE; OREOPHRYNE; REPTILIA;

EID: 1142306046     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0717-x     Document Type: Article

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