Reproductive modes in frogs and their unexpected diversity in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-217

  Haddad, Célio F B ^a   Prado, Cynthia P A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anurans; Atlantic forest; Conservation; Reproductive modes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 15244350646     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0207:RMIFAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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