Age structure in two populations of Triturus vittatus ophryticus at different altitudes

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-54

  Kutrup, Bilal ^a   Bulbul, Ufuk ^a   Yilmaz, Nurhayat ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; ALTITUDE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; TRITURUS VITTATUS;

EID: 23144441738     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538053693314     Document Type: Article

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