Comparative demography of a temperate anuran, Rana chensinensis, along a relatively fine elevational gradient

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1789-1795

  Lu, Xin ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Liang, Juan Juan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE-HISTORY MODEL; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIZE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

EID: 34247169666     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-180     Document Type: Article

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