Life history of amphibians in the seasonal tropics: Habitat, community and population ecology of a caecilian (genus Ichthyophis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-247

  Kupfer, Alexander ^a,b   Nabhitabhata, Jarujin ^c   Himstedt, Werner ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c National Science Museum   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Gymnophiona; Habitat requirements; Ichthyophis; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIS; ICHTHYOPHIS KOHTAOENSIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 22344458286     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006849     Document Type: Article

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