Age structure and growth in an isolated population of Pelodytes punctatus in northern Spain

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2789-2801

  Esteban, Marisa ^a   Sánchez Herráiz, María Jesús ^a   Barbadillo, Luis Javier ^b   Castanet, Jacques ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria de Canto Blanco   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Age structure; Growth; Northern Spain; Pelodytes punctatus; Pelodytidae; Sexual dimorphism; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FROG; GROWTH; ISOLATED POPULATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELODYTES; PELODYTES PUNCTATUS; PELODYTIDAE; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042805390     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001618859     Document Type: Article

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