From foam to free-living: Ecology of larval Leptodactylus labyrinthicus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 803-811

  Shepard, Donald B ^a   Caldwell, Janalee P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS LABYRINTHICUS;

EID: 30344469660     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0803:FFTFEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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