Insular shifts in body size of rice frogs in the Zhoushan Archipelago, China

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1071-1080

  Wu, Zhengjun ^a,b,c   Li, Yiming ^a   Murray, Brad R ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Body size; Density; Frogs; Insular shift; Islands; Prey size; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CARRYING CAPACITY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; LAND TYPE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REPTILE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANIDAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746843950     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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