Space use, cave choice, and spatial learning in the dendrobatid frog Colostethus palmatus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Lüddecke, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FROG; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LEARNING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL COGNITION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; COLOSTETHUS PALMATUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 17144440642     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803763806920     Document Type: Article

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