Testing the nest-homing abilities of a phytotelm-breeding frog, Chirixalus eiffingeri (Rhacophoridae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-505

  Chiu, Chia Te ^a   Kam, Yeong Choy ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anuran; Chirixalus eiffingeri; Homing; Oophagous tadpoles; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; KURIXALUS EIFFINGERI; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 33748056429     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.501     Document Type: Article

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