Seasonal activity and the body size-fecundity relationship in a population of Physalaemus gracilis (Boulenger, 1883) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Uruguay

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Camargo, Arley ^a   Naya, Daniel E ^b   Canavero, Andrés ^a   Da Rosa, Inés ^a   Maneyro, Raúl ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FROG; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS GRACILIS;

EID: 27744598252     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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