Size-fecundity relationships and reproductive investment in female frogs in the Pantanal, south-western Brazil

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-189

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anurans; Clutch size; Fat body mass; Reproductive investment

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 26444519202     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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