Success of intracoelomic radiotransmitter implantation in the treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

Lab Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Johnson, Jarrett R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TELEMETRY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33645077915     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0206-29     Document Type: Article

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