The ecology of male egg attendance in an arboreal breeding frog, Chirixalus eiffingeri (Anura: Rhacophoridae), from Taiwan

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 434-440

  Chen, Yi Huey ^a   Yu, Hon Tsen ^a   Kam, Yeong Choy ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anuran; Brooding; Chirixalus eiffingeri; Egg attendance; Parental care

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FROGS AND TOADS; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TAIWAN;

ANURA; KURIXALUS EIFFINGERI; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 34547379270     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.434     Document Type: Article

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