Embryonic development and mortality in Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum (Anura: Centrolenidae) of south-western Costa Rica

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 731-734

  Hawley, Tanya J ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Eggs; Embryonic mortality; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FROG; HATCHING; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CENTROLENIDAE; HYALINOBATRACHIUM; HYALINOBATRACHIUM PULVERATUM;

EID: 33750285689     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003506     Document Type: Article

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