Reproduction of an introduced population of Eleutherodactylus johnstonei at Bucaramanga, Colombia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 642-648

  Ortega, Jesús Eduardo ^a   Serrano, Víctor H ^a   Ramírez Pinilla, Martha Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BODY SIZE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JOHNSTONEI;

EID: 23444440596     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-04-223R1     Document Type: Article

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